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Censored Thoughts on the Fate of Turkish Democracy

  • Written by John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney

Written several days ago, the following thoughts on the unfolding crisis in Turkey began their strange life as a tweet. It read: ‘failed Turkish coup shows that in the age of communicative abundance power doesn’t rest only on guns, tanks, jets & state media.’ Within hours, I received a message from a journalist working on the...

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What animal could a democracy be? Ape, fox, lion ... how about jellyfish?

  • Written by Jean-Paul Gagnon, Assistant Professor in Politics, University of Canberra
imageThe people in a democracy can be likened to the cells in a jellyfish.Mike Johnston/Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st century.


Act I –...

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Trump and the Ugliness of the Charm Defensive

  • Written by Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

I’m a political scientist with a bit of a masochistic streak. Of course I was going to watch the Republican Convention.

Of course I was going to sit through speeches by bronzed crackpots with lacklustre understandings of economic data, crime statistics and globalisation.

Of course I was going to wince through speeches by gay men not only...

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Plibersek moves to high profile education job in ALP reshuffle

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor’s deputy leader Tanya Plibersek is to take the frontline shadow ministry of education, including both schools and higher education, in Bill Shorten’s reshuffle announced on Saturday.

Many in Labor have been anxious for the popular Plibersek to switch from foreign affairs to a major domestic job, where she can do more of the policy...

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  1. How Russian doping could lead to Rio 2016 ban
  2. Turkey’s almost coup and the need for perspective
  3. Shorten provides Kim Carr with life raft
  4. Government needs to get balance right in regulating agriculture
  5. Asia’s 'shoot-to-kill' republic? The rising body count of the Philippines’ 'war on drugs'
  6. Is the end of Zika nigh? How populations develop immunity
  7. How gross inequality and crushed hopes have fed the rise of Donald Trump
  8. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the frontbench reshuffles
  9. What we really need from innovation in Australia
  10. Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution
  11. How we lock accounts on The Conversation
  12. Five tips to get the government started on real health reform
  13. FactCheck Q A: has the Grand Mufti of Australia condemned terrorist attacks overseas?
  14. Friday essay: secrets of the Delphic Oracle and how it speaks to us today
  15. What Australia can learn from England's plan for vocational education
  16. Italians again migrate to Australia, but experience work exploitation
  17. Turnbull orders review of local threat from lone wolf extremists
  18. Inner-city bias: the suburbs need a fair go
  19. 'Slapped cheek' syndrome: a common rash in kids, more sinister in pregnant women
  20. New cancer treatment? Scientists have programmed bacteria to kill cancer cells in mice
  21. Apple is taking its first steps towards a more comprehensive post-PC world
  22. Science by stealth: secret missions of a visual science communicator
  23. Grattan on Friday: Time for Labor and Greens to find common ground with government on marriage plebiscite
  24. The Cold Logic of Doing Good
  25. Politics podcast: Jim Chalmers on Labor's approach to the economy
  26. Your guide to see five planets after sunset
  27. Australia ranks 20th on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  28. Xenophon and Katter's concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow
  29. Blood pressure targets – what does the new guideline say and how low should you go?
  30. Here's how to close the gap on Indigenous women smoking during pregnancy
  31. Politics serves as therapy when Trump takes the stage
  32. Smoothies as talismans: the allure of superfoods and the dangers of nutritional primitivism
  33. Why we need to hear what controversial people say and not silence the debate
  34. Grey dawn or the twilight years? Let’s talk about growing old
  35. A tale of five cities: applying foresight to shape their futures
  36. Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
  37. As life imitates art, how are we to read terror plots in film and TV?
  38. There are bright spots among the world’s coral reefs – the challenge is to learn from them
  39. How do we uncouple global development from resource use?
  40. Sleep problems that persist could affect children's emotional development
  41. Study of top business innovators shows more is needed than being tech savvy
  42. Earning influence: what power might Bernardi's grassroots lobby have?
  43. Migraines in childhood and adolescence: more than just a headache
  44. Climate policy needs a new lens: health and well-being
  45. A new brain-warp technique that helps to reconstruct fossil brains
  46. Productivity Commission attacks competition 'effects test' and farm foreign investment rules
  47. Bitter row over move to dump Kim Carr from ALP frontbench
  48. Coalition likely to face difficult Senate
  49. Don’t just blame older Australians for increased hospital demand
  50. Lessons from the election

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