Ecuador’s Fight Against Transnational Crime is Eroding Human Rights
Once considered Latin America’s “island of peace,” Ecuador is now among the most violent countries in the world. While the…
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Build, Buy, or Blend? Europe must make a defense decision for strategic autonomy.
European defense leaders are confronting a historic moment of change in their security environment. In the past, Europe has been…
Grok’s Recent Antisemitic Spree Is Proof AI Needs Cleaning Up
On July 8, Grok, Twitter’s AI chatbot developed by xAI, went on an antisemitic and bigoted tirade, regurgitating antisemitic tropes…
Gaza: Call for immediate humanitarian access as journalists face starvation
As the blockade continues, journalists – the very people tasked with documenting and reporting on atrocities, the devastating impact of…
Why Democracy Keeps Losing to Illiberalism—and How to Fight Back
In Donald Trump’s first six months of his second term, he has managed what figures like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and…
Taming the Rising Lion: Alignment of Iranian, Russian, and Chinese Narratives on the Israel-Iran Conflict
Calling it “Operation Rising Lion”, Israel has launched widespread airstrikes across Iran, hitting key nuclear facilities and killing several military…
Annual Review of Political Science: Africa’s unfinished democratic journey: My modest part
My life is roughly divided into three parts. The first part covers my formative years: birth a few years before…
Why Russia’s Youth Don’t Support Putin’s War
President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin continues to bolster its efforts to indoctrinate Russia’s youth in service to a militarized state. These…
Americans Have Mixed to Negative Views of Trump Administration Immigration Actions
As the Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement around the country, Americans offer mixed to negative views of some…
Project 2025: The Far-Right Plan to Destroy Democracy
With Trump’s return to the presidency, Project 2025, a 920-page blueprint for authoritarianism in the U.S., spearheaded by the powerful…