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Regierungsführung
Rule of law

Pakistan’s new prime minister faces huge challenges

With swift and decisive action, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ended a constitutional crisis

Public discourse

Giving voice to the voiceless

Corporate interests distort public discourse, including on social-media platforms

Democracy

Why the term “plutocrat populism” makes sense

Fake-news propaganda often serves the interests of the superrich who benefit from tax havens

Our view

Why life is safer in high-income countries

Resilience depends more on strong institutions than on purchasing power

Hintergrund

The internet is crucial

Hugh Williamson of Human Rights Watch assesses the state of press freedom in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Al-Sisi regime

How Cairo spies on regime critics online

Egyptian regime uses spyware against critics – some of it bought from European companies.

Egypt

How Egyptian media workers are intimidated systematically

Egypt’s regime severely restricts freedom of expression, forcing media to toe its line

Military security

Moscow tries to counter western interests wherever it can

West Africa scholar explains why global trends are giving rise to “systemic coups” in his world region

Online news portals

Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable

Independent news websites have become indispensable in India

Totalitarian aspirations

Modi opponents are called anti-national

How Hindu supremacists are spreading hate and distorting public discourse in India

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