Voting Rights Must Remain at the Top of Our List in 2024
The freedom to vote had a big moment last week. It was not about how citizens should vote in 2024, but what might happen in 2025. It was a rousing …
August 2024
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What is Direct Democracy and why have it?
It’s always a good idea to start out with a definition of things so we are all clear. First of all, the bigger question is.. “What is democracy?” Everybody knows what democracy is don’t they that’s something that we learn at school and from our parents, it’s people having a say… Right? No. Democracy is…
Its 2030: Looking Back to 2020
Imagine it’s the year 2030: Looking back, It was time to begin the process of true democracy in New Zealand. We had to do something about it. Things had gotten far too far out of control back in 2020/23. New Zealanders had never experienced true democracy ever, especially not like we know now and they…
Data Sovereignty Wars Are Missing the Point
Data is the new oil. And while nations around the globe are renewing efforts to shore up this vital asset, tech companies are getting rich off it and using what they collect to fuel future artificial intelligence development. The question of who has access to the digital footprints of a nation’s …
Southeast Asia in BRICS Is Good for the Global Order
The club’s expansion affirms the Global South’s hedging strategy—and sends a message to the great powers. A vital region in the Global South—Southeast …
Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific
The ambiguous and evolving status of the Cook Islands and Niue holds lessons for other Pacific powers. Despite their best intentions, the Biden …
A Sovereign Cloud Boom Is Happening In APAC
The future could see sovereign cloud services becoming an essential part of integrated public- and private-sector cloud strategies. In July 2024, the …
What a dream helped me see about the politics of sovereignty
A moment of insight captured the danger in our widespread ‘sovereigntism’ – and how we ought to relate to each other instead – by Rupert Read Read at …
The new fight to reform the UN’s colonial-era world order
CNN — In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns supreme: a powerful club of countries within the United Nations headquarters that has resisted adding a new member for nearly eight decades. The UN Security Council has been dominated by …
Explainer: Why are opposition leaders saying Macron is carrying out an ‘anti-democratic coup’?
FRANCE HAS BEEN in a political deadlock for seven weeks since the country went to the polls. The result of President Emmanuel Macron’s snap …