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But given the context, it soon comes to feel like a simulation of normalcy. One evening, we wander along Independence Square, lined with marble ministries and the presidential palace, and home to marble statues, timed fountains, and flashing lights that change color. Security guards wave us away from an enormous LED screen showing a group […]
The experiment in democracy that is modern Cambodia seems to have hit a bump in the road. Actually, if Cambodian democracy were a car, it would be in a rice-field ditch and the villagers (and international observers) smelling smoke. Twenty-five years after the United Nations Transitional Authority ended its stewardship of the country, and despite […]
FarsNews/Getty The Economist Intelligence Unit has released its latest Democracy Index this week, which ranks 167 countries according to political and civic freedom. Countries are given a score out of 10 based on five criteria. Above eight is a “full democracy,” while below four is an “authoritarian regime.” Scandinavian countries topped the list and the […]
Thomson Reuters Egypt is nearing a presidential election that many believe will not be fair. President Abdel-Fateh al-Sisi has arrested many of his opponents in the race. Egypt has not had a fair presidential election since the election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi in 2012. Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah Sisi’s regime has been making one thing […]
