China has ordered closer adherence to the dictates of the ruling Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education, demanding that schools “oppose and resist Western erroneous views” such… Read more »
As China goes through a turbulent reopening, some in the United States may take comfort from seeing the country it describes as its most challenging competitor flounder. Yet, China is… Read more »
Democracies’ support for Ukraine is not only in line with their fundamental values, but also in their strategic interest, a leading analyst suggests. “Americans continually struggle to reconcile contradictory interpretations… Read more »
At last week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Senegalese President Macky Sall, the African Union chairman, thanked President Biden for his commitment to Africa, AP reports. But he also criticized pending U.S…. Read more »
Authoritarian regimes are increasingly ignoring the sovereignty of other nations to lash out at dissent abroad or locate and punish citizens who have found refuge in another country. In what… Read more »
Western countries must be careful not to create new dependencies on China as they are weaning themselves off Russian energy supplies amid Moscow’s war on Kyiv, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg… Read more »
The most pressing strategic challenge facing democracies comes “from powers that layer authoritarian governance with a revisionist foreign policy,” says the Biden Administration’s new National Security Strategy. More specifically, competition with… Read more »
Why do dictatorships emerging from social revolutions endure, even in the face of economic crisis, policy failure, mass discontent, and external pressure? In Revolution and Dictatorship, Steven Levitsky and Lucan… Read more »
On Feb. 17, Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) took his seat before the United Nations Security Council and, in strikingly precise terms, offered his version of the immediate future… Read more »
The strategic consequences of the war in Ukraine are more complex and ambiguous than a polarized conflict pitting democracy against autocracy, argues Ali Wyne, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group… Read more »