The Iranian regime seeks to expand its Islamic revolution globally and continues its push in Latin America. As part of that strategy, it is promoting the memoirs of its leaders… Read more »
A “growing number of Chinese see the Party’s monopoly of the past as the root of their country’s current authoritarian malaise,” according to a new book by Ian Johnson, a… Read more »
A North Korean hacking group known as “APT37” created a phishing website disguised as a renowned North Korean human rights organization in order to steal the personal information of defectors… Read more »
The Romania/Croatia/Qatari/Iranian coproduction Between Revolutions / Între revoluții (above) by Vlad Petri received the Onion Award for best film in the main competition of the 14th edition of the MakeDox Creative… Read more »
Three months before Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, an article appeared in the Russian press under the headline “Where has chaos gone? Unpacking instability,” The FT’s… Read more »
Different national stories can strengthen or weaken popular support for authoritarian regimes, a new book suggests. Classic democratic theory sees civic duty—an individual’s willingness to vote, pay taxes, serve in… Read more »
When Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, launched his attempted mutiny on the morning of June 24, Vladimir Putin was paralyzed and unable to act decisively, according… Read more »
Democracies and the rules-based international order are facing their “greatest challenge” since the Cold War, said President Tsai Ing-wen (above), calling for greater cooperation by democracies to counter authoritarian regimes…. Read more »
Two years after unprecedented anti-government protests rocked communist Cuba, the deep economic and social problems that drove people to challenge a government notoriously intolerant of dissent have only gotten worse,… Read more »
Europe has entered a “battle of narratives” with competitors that do not adhere to liberal democratic values, according to EU vice president Maroš Šefčovič. “The time that liberal democracy… Read more »