The prevalence of the phrase “civil society” is one of the distinguishing features of today’s political tumult. To some nonprofit leaders, the Trump administration’s actions “don’t look like just an ...

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

“…civil society is most characteristically populated by nonprofit organizations. As America approaches its 250th birthday, is ‘civil society’ a quaint concept to be relegated to the pages of Democracy ...

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

Since President Trump released executive order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid” on inauguration day and the Department of State released guidance putting a freeze on ...

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 ...

Civil society covers a broad array of actors – religious organisations, charitable groups, community-based associations, ...

In Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosopher of State and Civil Society, Jonathan Chaplin shows how Dooyeweerd’s subtle yet powerful analysis of the architecture of society critically illumines ...

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, ...

Azerbaijan has had a poor human rights record for many years, with the government regularly targeting those who play important watchdog roles in society, including human rights defenders, journalists, ...