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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates the newly constructed Assam house, Shillong. Credit: Cm.assam.gov.in/.

How India’s Assam Register Is Weaponizing Citizenship

August 16, 2018

The Hindu nationalist government is moving to strip legal status from millions of Muslim residents.

Photo credit: Levi Clancy

Iraqi Kurdistan’s Upcoming Elections Could Deliver a Shock to the Middle East

August 6, 2018

A year after the disastrous independence referendum, voters in Iraqi Kurdistan will return to the polls next month.

Photo credit: Etan Liam

China: The Global Leader in Political Prisoners

Arch Puddington

July 26, 2018

Beijing is a trend setter on a number of issues, but this one is nothing to be proud of.

Photo credit: Camilo Rueda López

Colombia’s FARC Faces a Complex Path from Insurgency to Politics

July 24, 2018

A skeptical new president is not the only obstacle the former rebels must overcome.

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Left: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
Right: United States President Donald J. Trump and President Putin. (Photo: Kremlin.ru)

Putin's Steering-Wheel Problem

Tyler Roylance

July 18, 2018

Putin's policy of cultivating foreign leaders can backfire in democracies.

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No More Excuses for Eritrea

July 17, 2018

Now that peace with Ethiopia is official, the one-party regime must give democracy its due.

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Chechnya's Dictator Exploited a World Cup Star. What Else Is New?

July 16, 2018

FIFA must prevent a repeat of Mohamed Salah’s humiliating treatment in Russia.

Heavily-armed soldiers without identifying insignia guard the Crimean parliament building after taking up positions there earlier in the day on March 1, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)