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Concept art of a computer chip with "AI" written on it

Nobody’s Blueprint: AI and the Governance Vacuum

Eunji Emily Kim

Blog / April 03, 2026

Silhouette photo of the Statue of Liberty taken at dusk

Will People Surrender Civil Liberties in Exchange for Action Against Migration?

Pawel Charasz and Anil Menon

Blog / March 31, 2026

Photo of a Taiwan military exercise which which trains soldiers to preemptively counter enemy boats attempting a covert landing

Does Taiwan Have the Will to Defend Itself?

James Lee

Blog / March 30, 2026

The exterior of the AIIB headquarters building

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a Fracturing Multilateral System

Andrea Zhu

Blog / March 23, 2026

A unit of armed ONLF rebels in Somalia

Five Questions on Democracy and Violence

Yeilim Cheong

Blog / March 19, 2026

A photo of the crowd at the 2025 Budapest Pride parade.

Power of the Purse: Authoritarian Attacks on Local Officials

Theodoros Ntounias

Blog / March 16, 2026

Aerial photo of protestors in the streets of Minneapolis, 2025.

Protest and Change in an Undemocratic Moment

Kai Thaler

Blog / March 13, 2026

U.N. Peacekeepers from the U.S. Army 728th Military Police Battalion practice patrolling techniques during a field training exercise in Bangladesh

Conflict Resolution in the Age of Disengagement

Wendy Wagner

Blog / March 12, 2026

Aerial view of commercial ships and an electrical plant off Venezuela's Maiquetía coast

Shifting Dynamics with U.S.-China Competition in Latin America

Yujia Wan

Blog / March 09, 2026

Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, exits a vehicle.

Five Questions on How Viktor Orbán Is Testing the EU’s Democratic Core

Lisa Anders and Sonja Priebus

Blog / February 27, 2026

Sanae Takaichi during a press conference in 2025

Japan’s Snap Election: Implications for National Security Policy

Miki Hayashi

Blog / February 24, 2026

Vladimir Putin casts his ballot in the presidential election in Russia, 2018.

The Authoritarian Rebranding of Democracy

Duong Thi Thuy Pham

Blog / February 19, 2026

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev after signing the "New START" treaty in Prague (April 8, 2010).

Taking a Deep Breath after the New START Treaty Expires

Mike Albertson

Blog / February 11, 2026

Cameroon anglophone movement march

Cross-Border Repression in the Cameroon Anglophone Transnational Movement

Eliana Fonsah

Blog / February 09, 2026

A collage of book covers, including "Agamemnon's Daughter", "The Zone of Interest", and "Bend Sinister"

Novels on Authoritarian Rule III

Matthew Draper and Stephan Haggard

Blog / February 05, 2026

Two women walk on the sidewalk in front of the OECD conference building in Paris

Why a Populist Trump Administration Struck a Side Deal with the OECD

Margaret Kenney

Blog / January 28, 2026

26 ships from the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the East China Sea (2012)

The Second Trump U.S. National Security Strategy and the Indo-Pacific

Tai Ming Cheung

Blog / January 26, 2026

Soldiers from eight partnering NATO nations prepare to raise their flags

Declining Great Power Rivalry? Implications for the Alliances

Stephan Haggard

Blog / January 22, 2026