USA: How ‘Defunding’ the US Agency for Global Media sacrifices freedom of expression for millions
On Friday 14 March 2025, US President Donald Trump signed yet another executive order instructing the US Agency for Global…
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Why DeepSeek Is So Dangerous
When news broke in late January 2025 that the Chinese startup DeepSeek had released a new frontier artificial-intelligence (AI) model,…
Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence
About a month after Trump returned to the White House, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism’s (GPAHE) Global Extremist…
Ten Findings from Ten Years of Data on Transnational Repression
Transnational repression—the tactics used by governments to stifle dissent among political exiles in other countries—is a global threat to national…
What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term
Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has focused many executive actions on immigration, including…
What do I need to know, and when do I need to know it? Democracy, the news, and hedgehogs
Half a century ago, the most important question in US-American politics was ‘What did the President know, and when did…
Inflaming Divides: Russian Narratives on the California Wildfires
Last week, devastating wildfires ignited across Los Angeles County in what is one of the most destructive natural disasters in…
With the Right Support, Every Woman Can Lead
It’s not easy to be a woman in Nigerian politics. At the highest levels of Nigerian governance, men vastly outnumber…
SOMWA, in partnership with IWMF concludes safety training for Somali female journalists
Somali Media Women Association Concludes Identity-Informed Newsroom Training for Female Journalists. The Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA), in collaboration with…
EU: Human rights must guide the Commission’s upcoming AI Act implementation
On 11 December 2024, the European Commission’s consultation on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act guidelines closed. These guidelines will determine…