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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”

Michael Rodrigo was a Catholic priest who campaigned for religious dialogue in Sri Lanka. He called his efforts the “dialogue of life”.

Information technology

Merely digital propaganda?

India needs civil-service reform, not just an additional layer of e-government

Visual arts in China

Art as a reflection of cosmic harmony

Interest in western art and in freedom of expression first emerged when the Chinese empire collapsed

Press freedom

Journalism as crime

Press freedom in Egypt is limited, and many journalists are in prison

African perspectives

Stepping into the light

Art from Africa has long been neglected by the international art scene – but that is slowly changing

Comment

Peace must be top priority

Why many Turkish citizens feel that Erdogan is part of the problem, not the solution

Scholars should not fall for the safety of numbers

Data must be relevant, not merely available

Visual arts in China

Provocation is permitted, explicit criticism is not

Under President Xi Jinping, pressure has increased on civil society, including on artists

PEGNet conference 2015

Leave no one behind

Controversial debate on how to tackle inequality and make economies grow

Comment

Burkina Faso on the brink

After the failed coup the transition government is back in office, but uncertainties remain

Save the world with yoga

Indian government is proud of tradition

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.