Russia has become a kleptocracy under President Vladimir Putin. As a consequence, Russia’s foreign policy has become more aggressive, argues analyst Anders Aslund. Putin has outsourced much of foreign policy… Read more »
The results of Myanmar’s recent election (above) underscore the gulf between the West, which has fallen out of love with the former democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi over her… Read more »
U.S. foreign policy needs to return to its past focus on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, says a prominent analyst. This does not mean imposing American values… Read more »
The Media Freedom Coalition has called on all countries across the world to protect the rights and safety of journalists whose ability to work freely is “fundamental to a functioning democracy.”… Read more »
Leaders of Ethiopia’s restive northern Tigray region said on Monday the federal government led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had launched more than 10 air strikes against them in recent… Read more »
Can a totalitarian country that does not believe in liberty, democracy and other human values that form the core of the free world be allowed to be the leading superpower,… Read more »
China is ramping up its ‘sharp power’ efforts to discredit democracy, but brittle autocratic states are “Titanics,” supposedly unsinkable, yet essentially vulnerable, and are in any case unable to… Read more »
Belarusian authorities have started mass criminal proceedings against more than 200 peaceful protesters who were detained during a rally on Sunday, and are now at risk of being jailed for… Read more »
The White House today issued a notice for the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Sudan with respect to UN sanctions obligations related to the conflict in Darfur,… Read more »
Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Sunday to demand snap polls after the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in a parliamentary vote,… Read more »