Between 2016 and 2024 there were 193 internet shutdowns imposed in 41 African countries. This form of social control is a ...

The game, however, is far from up. The fact that the United States has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism does not mean that its democratic decline has reached a point of no return.

President Prabowo Subianto has centralised power and forged close ties with the military, raising concerns about autocratic ...

Readers also comment welcoming newcomers to the U.S., columnist Andrew Hayes' take on Trump, illegal orders to military and ...

Bucharest Tribunal rejected on Wednesday, December 17, an appeal filed by former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu ...

Afghanistan is broke only on paper. The flow of revenue into the Taliban’s coffers tells a story of extortion, bribery, ...

The intersection of wealth and politics reveals significant disparities among the world’s top political figures. Recent ...

A toxic troika of extractivism, authoritarianism and warA new report – the most far-reaching analysis of environment and ...

In October, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a highly dubious 98% of the presidential vote, perpetuating the ruling party’s grip on power to 60 years. During the same month, Cameroonian ...

China’s ruling Communist Party is using artificial intelligence to turbocharge the surveillance and control of its 1.4 billion citizens, with the technology reaching further into daily life, ...

Top-down, commanding leadership is frequently viewed with skepticism in the modern business world. Management experts ...

Mass demonstrations in Bulgaria were spurred by spreading outrage over graft that many say was fueling an authoritarian power ...