The price of citizenship

What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience? Katy Long examines two trends which offer stark alternatives: countries which remove citizenship (or want to), and those which sell it. Sharing stories from Belarus, the Dominican Republic, Malta and Kuwait reveals how very differently different countries think about these questions, about identity, and about the powerful forces shaping our world and our lives, forces over which few of us have any power.

(Photo: Kuwaiti women pose for a picture with their passports at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kuwait City, 29 September, 2022. Credit: Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)