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While I was in Athens, a Palestinian democracy activist from East Jerusalem, Samer Sinijlawi, reached out to me with a similar alarm bell. Sinijlawi leads Masar Jadid (New Path), one of the many new ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Athens, the capital of Greece, on October 7 and stated, “The West stands at a historic crossroads,” adding, “Europe must awaken from its long slumber and ...

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What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

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Writing two centuries after Solon’s death in 560 B.C., the Greek philosopher Aristotle noted that Solon “was by birth and reputation one of the leading citizens, but by property and business dealings ...

Socrates’ method was to clear his students’ minds of abstractions and assumptions, so that they might attain self-knowledge and learn the practical wisdom of living well. His pupil Plato, however, ...

To mark the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, the Athens Democracy Forum 2015 was held for the third year by the International New York Times in cooperation with the UN Democracy Fund.

The Athens Forum 2014: Democracy under pressure was organized for the second consecutive year by the International New York Times and Kathimerini newspapers in cooperation with the UN Democracy Fund.