Stationeringen av höghastighets-, styr- och kryssningsrobotar i Tyskland, som är lämpliga för halshuggningsangrepp, presenteras för befolkningen och parlamentet utan föregående offentlig debatt. Detta är inte bara odemokratiskt, utan äventyrar också säkerheten. Den tyska regeringens förståelse för demokrati står i omvänd proportion till dess hänsynslöshet. Av Bernhard Trautvetter.
Demokratioiden heikentyminen eri maissa on yksi syy, miksi tutkijat ovat aloittaneet monivuotisen ”demokratian läpivalaisun” eli auditoinnin Tanskassa. Hanketta johtaa Aarhusin yliopiston politiikan laitoksen professori Michael Bang Petersen, jonka mukaan projektin tarkoituksena on tarjota poliitikoille ja kansalaisille parasta mahdollista tietoa väittelyn tueksi.
Douglas Jones. "Although the technology used in voting continues to evolve, it remains vulnerable to both malicious and unintentional errors. To protect the systems against both, explains Douglas W. Jones, a computer scientist at the University of Iowa and co-author of the book Broken Ballots, election officials need to be able to check and double-check the election’s results."
Russia Post: April 20, 2024
In this essay, journalist Leonid Ragozin argues that calls for “decolonizing” Russia play into the hands of the Kremlin’s anti-Western propaganda by evoking the fear of civil war – the same fear that makes Russians tacitly support Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.
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