China has stepped up efforts to intimidate Taiwan ahead of elections in November. This has occurred with the usual combination of domestic threats and military
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The war in Iran has reshaped the political landscape that emerged from the 2022 uprising: it has strengthened the Islamic Republic, given new momentum to
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe Bashkir artist Semyon Skrepetsky was shot dead in Eastern Poland
As governments across East and Southeast Asia tighten restrictions on activism and association, civic space is rapidly shrinking. Leah Lin, founder of the Asia Citizen
From Journal of Democracy This is the golden age of transnational repression, or the targeting of exiles and diasporas by the states they left behind.
Tanzanian rights campaigner Maria Sarungi-Tsehai and Mary Kambo of the Kenya Human Rights Commission join New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe on the podcast to discuss the
The region’s close political and economic links to Beijing loom large in explanations of why it remains in the democratic doldrums. But overemphasis on the