For our first live recording at the Conduit, Jon and I host Turkish writer and political commentator Ece Temelkuran to discuss her brave and beautiful new book, Nation Of Strangers. In a world unmaking our sense of safety and belonging, Ece…
With Jon Alexander and Jo Barratt, we’re super proud to introduce How To Save Democracy, a new podcast that aims to heal society’s broken relationship with democracy. I’d love you to join us as we hold the space for the…
2024 is a historic year, with over 50 countries heading to the polls. What does this mean for citizen engagement and the current state of democracy? I had the pleasure of discussing this topic with my dear friend, the brilliant…
In the summer of 2023 I was invited to Olympia in Greece to speak to emerging leaders from Europe. On that occasion, I was invited to share a few thoughts on the ELIAMEP’s podcast produced as part of the 3rd…
Meeting Kate Chaney MP deeply touched me. It was one of those encounters where you realize you’re in front of a good person, someone sincere, resilient, committed to defending the rights of the most vulnerable. We met in September 2023…
A tech engineer by training, Omezzine Khelifa left a life in France to work in the Tunisian transition from dictatorship to democracy. Today she is the executive director of the Apolitical Foundation Accelerator programme, helping equip a new type of…
Link to Apolitical Hope podcast In September, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ximena Peredo, Secretary of Citizens Participation in the city of Leon, Mexico. She stands out as one of the exceptional recipients of the inaugural “Democratic Innovators of…
After the Tunisian Revolution in 2011, new and different politicians like myself had to innovate to create a new social contract, build trust and solid structures to strengthen our nascent democracy. Not an easy task and so much learning, especially now that there is a…
A year marked by the return of warfare on European soil has cast doubt on the ability ofworld leaders to prevent global instability and growing inequalities.In the presence of blatant violations of international laws, it is all too easy to…
December 17, 2010, is when democracy in Tunisia and in North Africa began. Far from a celebration, I see this day as a commemoration for people who lost their lives to free us Tunisians here and abroad. Ten years later,…
