In Eastern Europe, shifting global orders have been a lived experience for decades. Just over thirty years ago, the end of ...

Narratives matter more than we often admit. They shape how we imagine civil society, what we expect from it, how much ...

Last month I participated in a meeting of a dozen or so foundation leaders and think tankers. We spent two days grappling with, as the invitation put it, the “functions and dysfunctions of the present ...

Donald Trump’s first 100 days reflect a paradox. On the one hand, he has overturned features of the world that long seemed fundamental. These include, to take just a few examples, the federal civil ...

The war in Ukraine has internally displaced over 8 million Ukrainians, forced more than 5 million Ukrainians to leave the country and cost the lives of over 14,000 civilians. Since Russia’s invasion ...

Inés M. Pousadela A political scientist by training, Inés is CIVICUS’ Senior Research Specialist. She is also a professor at Universidad ORT Uruguay and a researcher with the Open Government ...

Autocrats desire a more autocratic world. A lack of transparency opens the door for greater corruption and kleptocracy and normalizes human rights violations. It also creates new international norms, ...

Palestinian civil society organizations demand an end to Israel's escalating attacks on human rights groups, with new laws targeting funding, international cooperation, and accountability efforts.