Youth leadership, gender equality take centre stage at Nairobi dialogue
Concerns over the limited influence of youth in governance and the continued exclusion of young women from decision-making spaces dominated…
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Ukrainian Civil Society Week: One Week, Four Events, Paris & Online
An introduction to the joint PADEM and Organisation for Nonviolent Movements programme running 26 June to 3 July, bringing together…
Between Ambition and Ambivalence: What India’s Reticent Posture on the West Asia War Tells us About Crisis-time Diplomacy
The Iran-US-Israel conflict, frozen under a fragile ceasefire, has forced several Asian powers into uncomfortable positions. This analysis examines how…
A Citizens’ Convention on Democracy Launches in France
France is recruiting citizens by lottery for a new mixed deliberative assembly, adding to a growing European wave of citizens’…
Civil Society: The Forever Shield
Amber French-Griette argues that Ukraine’s most durable defence is not military but civic: the grassroots resistance built by its civil…
The First Table
A reflection on PADEM’s inaugural #democracydinners event, held in Paris on 18 April 2026, exploring food as political infrastructure and…
Where is Sudan war after three years? Stalling, deadly and increasingly regional
What began as a power struggle between two rival generals has become arguably the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe. The piece…
From Organizing to Victory: Marshall Ganz at PADEM Talks
A report on PADEM’s inaugural PADEM Talks event, co-hosted with Marshall Ganz at Point Éphémère in Paris on 12 June…
Beyond Chips: Why Taiwan’s Democracy Matters to Europe?
While European debate on Taiwan fixates on semiconductors, this piece argues that the more urgent threat is Beijing’s influence operations…
“Azerbaijan should be generous in their victory. If they are not, they will lose it one day like us.”
Vardan Hambardzumyan, former war correspondent and YMCA Europe Executive Secretary, reads Armenia’s 2026 election as a direct consequence of Russian…