Reflections

Belt and Road Initiative – cooperation with China

In 2013, President Xi Jinping brought back the traditional Silk Road Spirit of “peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit”. Beijing jointly initiated the Silk Road…

Media Literacy. How to get there in democratic societes?

Voices are becoming loud to regulate social media and other digital communication platforms. Under pressure, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others are putting in place measures to minimize misuse of their…

The future of democracy

New media and instant messaging apps have taken over our professional, social and even political life. We are permanently connected, and when we are offline for a while, we feel…

Social media sabotaging democracy

Social media is distorting democratic institutions. Earlier, the ‘ruled’ needed safety and security, and now, the ‘rulers’ need safety and security. So, the power objectives and structures are inverted for…