How official instant messaging can be made accessible is a big question. Whether it is compatible with democracy is a bigger one. Jonathan White* In April 2021, the New York Times reported that the European Union’s Covid-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer had been negotiated by a series of text messages and calls between …
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Egypt Today The Egyptian Cabinet revealed on Tuesday, that the country recently advanced to the 48th rank in the indicators of political empowerment of women in a global report on gender gap. “Egypt has reached its best level of progress in empowering women in a decade. In 2021, Egypt ranked …
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On the eve of the 2021 Iranian presidential elections Mehrdad Khonsari discuss the struggle in Tehran for a prospective open democratic future free from the shackles of the current theocratic meritocracy. Mehrdad Khonsari In a recent TV interview with BBC Persian, I was asked by the host to explain, in …
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