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Photo if Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un attending the 2025 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing, 2025.

China, Russia, and North Korea’s “Axis of Upheaval”

Jung Jae Kwon

Blog / June 29, 2026

The sun rises over the Paris skyline, view from the observation deck of the Montparnasse tower

Climate Change and Public Trust in Europe

Theodoros Ntounias

Blog / June 26, 2026

Damage near Enghelab Square in Tehran as a result of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Iran Catastrophe

David Lake

Blog / June 23, 2026

The Chinese flag flies in front of Google's China headquarters in the university district of Beijing.

Inside China’s “AI for Science” Strategy

Jimmy Goodrich

Blog / June 04, 2026

A collage of book covers, including "Animal Farm", "Parable of the Talents", and "The House of the Spirits"

Novels on Authoritarian Rule IV: Summer Reading Edition

Matthew Draper and Stephan Haggard

Blog / June 02, 2026

Vladimir Putin with Viktor Orbán on a visit to Hungary in February 2015

Five Questions on How the Council of Europe Deals with Putin

Jana Lipps

Blog / June 01, 2026

Photo of the sky view with different countries flags lined up in a row.

Five Questions on Polarization and International Politics

Rachel Myrick

Blog / April 15, 2026

Photo shows a person holding the Bangladesh flag running through a field.

“Free at Last”: What Bangladesh’s Interim Government Can Teach Other Countries in Transition

Fernanda Buril and Erica Shein

Blog / April 13, 2026

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

Artificial Intelligence 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