List of Civil Society articles
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Three figures run through a cloud of tear gas on a city street. Kenyan Protests See Journalists in the Firing Line
A key ally of the United States is cracking down on press freedoms.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of the G-20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023. India’s Uncertain Future in Bangladesh
With Sheikh Hasina out of office, New Delhi’s influence may wane—with ripple effects for its own politics.
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People gather to celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Has a Difficult Road Ahead
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka disgracefully, leaving chaos in her wake.
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A demonstrator holds up a Venezuelan flag during a protest against the disputed results of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 29. Don’t Call What’s Happening in Venezuela a Civil War
Citizens are rising up against an oppressive government, not against one another.
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Activists project an image of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg onto a wall outside King’s Cross St. Pancras subway station. The text on the image reads "Meta is destroying Brazilian democracy." Disinformation Isn’t Just a Problem for Elections
2024 may be a big year for voting, but social media risks don’t fit neatly into electoral cycles.
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Dozens of women, wearing a mix of Jewish and Muslim scarves on their heads and shoulders, stand on a hill overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. Men Alone Cannot Build a Durable Peace in the Middle East
Israeli and Palestinian women’s organizations have a rich history of political engagement.
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A crumbling mosaic showing the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus is seen at an Orthodox monastery near the airport of Donetsk. The tiles of Mary's halo and lower face have fallen away, leaving behind a battered background of gray stone. Ukraine Has a Civil Rights Problem
Wartime unity hasn’t healed the wounds of the country’s past.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. 5 Things in the World to Be Thankful for in 2023
It may seem harder to give thanks this year, but it’s not impossible.
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An Arab Israeli woman waits in line before voting in the northern Israeli village of Maghar. ‘Too Israeli for the Palestinians and too Palestinian for the Israelis’
How the war in Gaza is squeezing Arab Israelis.
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A mural depicting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme leader after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, is pictured as women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Sept. 10. Why Did Last Year’s Protest Movement in Iran Fail?
The supreme leader learned what not to do from the Shah.
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Philanthropist George Soros delivers a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2019. Why Soros Is Retreating From Europe
His foundation’s recalibration to the global south reflects the failure of democracy promotion on the continent.
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Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court. Imran Khan Is Just the Beginning of Pakistan’s Democratic Woes
The country’s democratic backsliding goes further than the embattled former prime minister—and further back.
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People walk in the distance atop cracked soil in a dried-up irrigation canal through a wheat field in Iraqi Kurdistan's Rania district. The Cradle of Civilization Is Drying Up
Climate change endangers the Tigris and Euphrates—but it’s not the only reason the rivers are vanishing.
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Lebanese deminers with the Mines Advisory Group, a nongovernmental organization, work in a field in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, on April 13, 2021. Lebanon Is Still Littered With Land Mines
Sappers are working to clear the land of a deadly past.
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A woman walks at the Poklonnaya Hill war memorial near the main building of Moscow State University in Moscow. Russia’s War Comes for Academia
Severed ties between U.S. and Russian scholars are straining the field to a breaking point.
