For 53 years, this broad permanent coalition has managed to maintain political consensus and the ability to act on the basis of a common programme (‘diversity in ideology, unity in programme’). Long ...

The UN Climate Change Conference in Baku was shaken right at the start by the announcement that US President-elect Donald ...

Sopiko Japaridze is co-founder of the Solidarity Network Workers Centre, an independent trade union for care workers in Georgia.

Idasemiebi Idaminabo is a Doctoral Researcher in Climate Change Laws and Human Rights at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Mark Bergfeld is director of property services and care at UNI Europa, representing cleaners, security workers and private care. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London.

Madlen Nikolova is a project coordinator at UNI Europa. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations and writes on labour issues and law and political economy.

Dr Dmitri Stratievski is a political scientist and historian. He studied and completed his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin. Stratievski is chairman of the Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V..

Priyal Singh is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a human security think tank headquartered in South Africa. He coordinates the institute’s ‘Africa in the World’ programme, ...

Chandra Dev Bhatta works at the FES Nepal Office and frequently comments on Nepalese politics and regional political dynamics.

As polarisation deepens, the rise of populism seems unstoppable. But focusing on shared values and local solidarity may just save democracy picture alliance / Anadolu | Luciano Adan Gonzalez Torres A ...