James Rothwell suggests that Britain's decision to leave the European Union could push Poland "into the grip of EU federalism." Read more here.
In this op-ed, Antonio Tujan writes that federalism will not be a "silver bullet solution" to the nation's challenges. Tujan contends that the nation…
Laurence Norman and Drew Hinshaw write that although the European Union has spent lavishly in an attempt to unify the continent, many of the…
Payas Jain explores what makes a constitution "federal," and whether there is any value to identifying a nation, such as India, as "quasi-federal" or…
Lizhi Liu and Barry R. Weingast write that because China lacks a strong legal infrastructure, businesses there are much more vulnerable than business ventures…
Will Freeman offers case studies of Mexico and Serbia in suggesting that pockets of democracy sometimes exist within authoritarian regimes. He theorizes that when…
Nikolaos Komninos Hlepas writes that Greece introduced decentralization measures after admission to the European Union in 1981. Hlepas suggests that in recent years, however,…
A group of Canadian scholars write that the nation needs financial equalization to ease regional inequalities such as the varying quality of public services…
Mark Wegierski contends that "true federalism" offers a path to a more conservative future for the nation. Read more here.
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has signed a law intended to bring more autonomy to Muslims in the south of the country. It…
Ontario's premier, Doug Ford, announced that he plans to cut the size of Toronto's city council from 47 seats to 25 positions. Canadian cities…
A report this week in a South Tyrolean newspaper that Austria plans to offer citizenship to German-speaking -- but not to Italian-speaking -- residents of…
An op-ed in the Hindustan Times points to the nation's new goods-and-services tax as a positive example of cooperative federalism, but one that needs…
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