Authoritarian states have attained a majority over democracies for the first time in nearly 20 years, says the latest edition of the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI). But a hard core… Read more »
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO membership was often seen as a path toward EU integration among the new democracies of central and eastern Europe. But since NATO… Read more »
In his speech to the Russian nation on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin buoyed his case for codifying the cleavage of two rebel territories from Ukraine by arguing that the… Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are intent on shaping a new world order — one in which America’s postwar global dominance is in retreat and autocratic regimes can thrive in… Read more »
Millions of lives were lost just in the 20th century as a result of failed attempts to create an independent Ukrainian state, says Olga Tokariuk, an independent journalist and researcher… Read more »
Beijing would try “like Germany in 1936” to “use the spectacle” of the upcoming Olympic Games “to win a propaganda victory for its system of strict controls,” according to philanthropist… Read more »
With the United States and its European allies now struggling to manage the threat of a Russian attack on Ukraine, the 1938 appeasement of Nazi Germany has become an attractive… Read more »
We have been looking for the solution to disinformation in the wrong place, according to a leading analyst. Civil society, not governments or social media companies, can best diminish disinformation…. Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin needs China to balance against the West, says Robert Kaplan, chair of geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Since it is the West, in his… Read more »
The rise of authoritarian China and the resulting new strategic competition were prompted by the “worst strategic blunder any country has made,” says a leading analyst. Demonstrating that there is… Read more »