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ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Connectivity has become a popular word in political discourse in recent years, encompassing a multitude of aspects that shape societies, economies, and the way people interact. Its importance is growing fast, with the increasingly challenging geopolitical circumstance. More about what connectivity is and why it is important for Central Asia is in the latest article of Kazinform.

A plan created by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov to stop the spread of misinformation and fake news has gained support from climate activists and a network of civil society organisations. The plan outlines systemic changes that rights-respecting governments should take to counter the threat posed by Big Tech's business model. The advocacy tool can inform legislators and policymakers and mobilise citizens to prevent online harms and restore trust in science.

A growing sense of distrust, and with it polarisation, has been sweeping across our region, and the world. It feeds on itself. It is driven by a combination of increased distrust in government and media, a lack of shared identity, sense of systemic unfairness, economic pessimism, and societal fears all contributing towards a more polarised society.

But South Africans are not resigned to the criminalisation of the state, and are actively challenging it.

The country is facing a growing prevalence of organised crime - calling for the government to assert its authority in preventing a 'mafia state.'

South Africa's state capture commission led by Raymond Zondo exposed massive corruption involving private individuals and companies.

Although Hugo Chavez just died last week in Caracas, economic freedom predeceased him in Venezuela by at least a decade.

Congress routinely engages in targeted, short-term tariff cuts through “miscellaneous tariff bills.” Although conventional wisdom says that unilateral tariff cuts are politically impossible, these bills show that it is possible to reduce tariffs given the right political environment. Proponents of such tariff cuts argue that the cuts support U.S. jobs; critics argue that the economic value of miscellaneous cuts is modest, and that the process is open to abuse because it requires companies th...

Venezuela recently surpassed Mexico as the third-largest supplierof crude oil to the U.S.-after Canada and Saudi Arabia. HugoChávez has already demonstrated his willingness to use oilas a tool against America. Therefore, absent a firm commitment forconstructive and verifiable cooperation by Chávez, the WhiteHouse should not renew ambassadorial relations.

By Fr J.C. Pieris It is vitally important to value our freedom more than anything else, as Patrick Henry did and declared: “Give me liberty or give me death. My humanity diminishes the less I am free; my humanity is enhanced the more I am free.” Moises Naim has written a book that every freedom […]