List of Civil Society articles
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Mourners attend the funeral for killed Ukrainian serviceman and anti-corruption activist Roman Ratushny (portrait) at a cemetery in Kyiv on June 18, 2022. War Hasn’t Deterred Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Fighters
Activists argue the struggles for state transparency and national liberation are one and the same.
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Protesters sit above the Garzweiler II open cast lignite coal mine near the settlement of Luetzerath on January 14, 2023 near Erkelenz, Germany. Other nearby settlements that were also slated for demolition will now be spared, though critics point out that Germany has sufficient energy production capacity and does not need the coal lying beneath Luetzerath. Europe’s Climate Movement Is Radicalizing in Real Time
Compromises are condemning the continent’s climate goals to failure—and eliciting blowback.
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A camp houses people displaced by the military coup in Myanmar. In Myanmar, Resistance Forces Pursue Home Rule
Two years after the military coup, many communities are providing their own public services and making the case for federalism.
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A motorcycle is on fire during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests outside Tehran. Iran’s Regime Plays with Fire in Baluchistan
Stirring sectarian tensions in the country’s poorest province is a dangerous game.
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Demonstrators attend a rally in Paris. Macron Is Courting His Waterloo Over Pension Reform
Like other rich countries, France is trying to go gray and stay solvent—and the French aren’t buying it.
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Shaun Tai (right), a laptop salesman, fires an airsoft pistol during firearms training at Camp 66, a firing range and training facility in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 6. Taiwanese Flock to Civil Defense Training Ahead of Potential Chinese Invasion
“We have no right to ask others to help us if we are not prepared to defend ourselves,” Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said.
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A person stands amid colorful piles on red-brown earth. How NGOs Bolster Democracy
Nongovernmental organizations have the potential to undermine authoritarian governance, which must be why they face widespread crackdowns around the world.
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Women are seen making food and holding food containers in a kitchen. Chavismo’s Latest Target
NGOs are essential to Venezuelan society. A new law may lead to their collapse.
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People participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations on September 21, 2022 in New York City. Iran’s Anti-Veil Protests Have Already Succeeded
The Islamic Republic is no stranger to protests—but this time, they’re leaving a permanent mark.
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Young men wearing headphones sit in front of computer screens showing a scene from an online game. Iran’s Leaders Are Scared of the Internet
They should be more scared of shutting it off.
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Demonstrators hold a placard that reads "EU, UN and US it is time for B.D.S." The BDS Movement Has Already Lost
Where it counts—in the halls of government and boardrooms—the effort to boycott Israel doesn’t even register.
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People, mainly women and children, arrive in Przemysl, Poland on a train from wartorn Ukraine on March 28. Poland Demonized Refugees. Now It’s Struggling to Integrate Them.
The heaviest burden of accommodating fleeing Ukrainians has fallen on the state least prepared to carry it.
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Women watch on as an instructor demonstrates self-defense techniques during an urban survival training class organized by the volunteer group the Ukrainian Women’s Guard on February 05, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kyiv Is Calm, but Ukrainians Are Quietly Bracing for War
Officials in Kyiv have downplayed Western warnings of an imminent Russian invasion—but many in the capital are learning self-defense and locating bomb shelters.
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United Nations headquarters NGOs Frozen Out of U.N. Building
Civil society representatives are blocked over COVID-19 concerns, even as foreign diplomats and journalists pass freely through the headquarters.
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An Afghan Pashtun tribal elder speaks to an interpreter. Why Afghanistan’s Tribes Beat the United States
Tightly bound kinship networks aren’t vestiges of the past. They’re a modern—and effective—form of political organization.
