In many parts of the world, China’s presence takes place through economic channels; Beijing has also become an exporter of political influence, however. Through some of its most vocal representatives,… Read more »
Since 1945, the world has seen the longest period of general peace between great powers since Roman times, widespread and deepening prosperity, and expansion of democracy, argues the Atlantic Council’s… Read more »
The first round of the Brazilian presidential and general elections “hit traditional forces like a tsunami and set the country on a new and uncertain path,” writes the Wilson Center’s… Read more »
In the heady days of the Arab Spring, it was easy to get swept along by such naive good intentions and by the promise of social media as a benevolent… Read more »
European populists want to have their cake and eat it too. Instead of destroying the EU, radical right parties want to transform it from the inside. With European Parliament elections… Read more »
Human rights advocates are expressing concern at the arrest of Pakistani campaigner Gulalai Ismail, who was detained at Islamabad Airport on her return from the UK. Upon her arrival in… Read more »
The countries of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine stand at a crossroads, the Atlantic Council notes. Perched between Russia and the West, they have chosen a path of… Read more »
A bipartisan group of 20 senators have forced an investigation into the fate of Jamal Khashoggi – a Saudi journalist and U.S. resident who has been missing for more than… Read more »
Protection of human rights in China has been on a “downward trajectory, by virtually every measure” since President Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, a U.S. congressional study concluded Wednesday…. Read more »
While democracy may be widely admired, it is, in its liberal form, an embattled ideology, according to James Miller, author of Can Democracy Work? As the social scientist William Galston… Read more »