{"id":312968,"date":"2026-01-27T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ideas-that-work-when-politics-feels-broken-dw-news-desk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:01:20","slug":"ideas-that-work-when-politics-feels-broken-dw-news-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ideas-that-work-when-politics-feels-broken-dw-news-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas that work when politics feels broken | DW News Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZDoicLzD7tM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ideas that work when politics feels broken | DW News Desk\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDoicLzD7tM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Across much of the democratic world, politics feels gridlocked. Governments seem hesitant, voters disengaged or angry, and urgent problems seem impossible to solve.<\/p>\n<p>So what happens when countries stop waiting for perfect conditions and act anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning journalist and author John Kampfner joins News Desk to explore why some societies confront crisis with imagination rather than fear, what distinguishes reform from rhetoric, and which ideas work wherever you are.<\/p>\n<p>If solutions exist, the real question may not be whether they work, but whether we\u2019re brave enough to learn from them.<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across much of the democratic world, politics feels gridlocked. Governments seem hesitant, voters disengaged or angry, and urgent problems seem impossible to solve. So what happens when countries stop waiting for perfect conditions and act anyway? 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