Politics

Australia is one of the most online electorates in the world. And in 2025, AI-driven algorithms are now shaping much of what we see and know about our elections

Making sense of Donald Trump’s self-obsessed talk through anthropological approaches to political rhetoric

The rapid rise of the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and its influence on the agenda of other parties will define German politics for the next four years

Australian school students should be educated for democracy. But that means learning a lot more than civics

Americans should look much closer to home to understand what authoritarian regimes look like – the modern models of dictatorship in Latin America

It's official. The world's top global risk is misinformation and disinformation, according to the World Economic Forum

As we head into the Paris Olympics, has the dream been compromised, even ruined, by other upheavals in France’s fevered summer?

Pita Limjaroenrat may have won Thailand’s elections, but he isn’t Prime Minister. He says he’s still hopeful his country will become a true democracy, without the military in government

Celebrities – like Taylor Swift – are increasingly lending their fame to socio-political issues, taking their fans with them and blurring the line between celebrity and activism

Director of Melbourne Climate Futures Professor Jacqueline Peel is in Dubai and hoping for positive progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement