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Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkesson. Credit: Per Pettersson, Flickr/Creative Commons.

Q&A: Populist Gains in the Swedish Elections

September 10, 2018

Sheri Berman of Columbia University explains the background and implications of the election results.

Press Releases

Myanmar: UN Reports Evidence of “Genocidal Intent” against Minorities

August 27, 2018

A United Nations investigation confirms what has long been reported about the gross human rights abuses perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims at the hand of Myanmar’s military. 

Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions. 

Fifty Years On, the Challenges of 1968 Linger

Arch Puddington
August 23, 2018

American democracy still suffers from some of the rifts that opened five decades ago.

A crowd commemorates Algerian Independence Day on July 5. Credit: Nejma Rondeleux, Flickr/Creative Commons.

In Algeria, an Islamist Threat Still Looms over Domestic Politics

August 22, 2018

Fear of religious extremism helps explain the lack of democratic development in the country.

Press Releases
robert kyagulanyi uganda member of parliament

Ugandan Authorities Arrest MPs after Campaign Rallies

August 21, 2018

Violence and arrests following local campaign events appear to be part of the Ugandan security force's practice of targeting dissenting voices.

Prague, Czech Republic. Credit: Fleetingpix, Flickr/Creative Commons. 

How Lies about History Threaten Democracy Today

Arch Puddington
August 17, 2018

Politicized revisions of the past help antidemocratic leaders justify their actions while sowing divisions at home and abroad.

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.

Uganda Rights and Rule of Law Program

Advancing human rights for key populations in Uganda

Issues: 
Civil Society, Human Rights
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa
Protest Signs

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. 

putin trump russia usa ukraine yanukovych

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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