If Vladimir Putin is allowed to prevail and sell the war in Ukraine as a victory to his people, it will reinforce Russia’s aggressive posture, embolden the use of force… Read more »
A Belarusian court has sentenced a businessman to 15 years in prison for administering more than two dozen social media chats on protests that followed a disputed presidential election in August… Read more »
Vladimir Putin’s growing isolation and hardening autocracy do not mean that he views using nuclear weapons as acceptable. It is the one thing that might cause the entire world, including… Read more »
For decades, China’s business class had an unspoken contract with the Communist Party: Let us make money and we’ll turn a blind eye to how you use your power. Like… Read more »
Group of Seven foreign ministers gathered on Thursday to weigh how to support Ukraine through the winter in the face of Russian attacks on its power grid as well as… Read more »
Something odd happens when the elites discuss the crisis of western democracy. No one wants to fault the public, at least not in so many words. That would be Marie… Read more »
Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction should be financed by funds sanctioned from the Kremlin’s kleptocrats, argues Azeem Ibrahim, Director of Special Initiatives at the New Lines Institute of Strategy and Policy. In thirteen… Read more »
Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a presidential runoff between current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula,… Read more »
Taiwan and Ukraine are at the epicenter of the future of freedom, according to National Endowment for Democracy (NED) President and CEO Damon Wilson. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Beijing’s coercion… Read more »
Putin’s and Xi’s exploitation of the autocrat’s playbook is posing profound challenges for democratic societies across continents, according to a new analysis. Moscow and Beijing have some significant advantages over… Read more »