Putin vs. the Press
December 2021, a Moscow kitchen. It’s close to New Year’s—a time when, according to Soviet lore, miracles were possible—but the conversation among three women is no more cheerful than the ...
Tag: Authoritarianism
The Chinese Public Is Obsessing Over a Perceived Celebrity Cover-Up
The mysterious death of Chinese actor Yu Menglong has sent ripples through the Chinese-language internet, despite the best efforts of censors to suppress the news. Shortly after Sept. 11, reports ...
Trump Is Ushering in the Era of the Strongman
The first time that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration carried out a deadly aerial strike against a high-speed boat allegedly crewed by a drug cartel as it headed north into ...
Are We Overestimating Autocracies?
Leading military analysts predicted that Russia would easily roll over Ukraine in February 2022. They also forecast that any strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would lead to devastating retaliation and ...
Trump’s War on Crime Is a War on Democracy
Last week, the Trump administration proudly posted footage of the U.S. military carrying out the apparent extrajudicial execution of 11 unidentified men on a boat in the Caribbean. At the ...
Can Tunisia’s Largest Labor Union Survive Saied?
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: The Tunisian General Labour Union stages a major protest to counter the Saied regime, Mali’s junta charges former Prime Minister ...
The Generation Iranian Hard-Liners Have Been Waiting for
In the weeks following the Israeli strikes on Iran in June, something unusual happened. For decades, Iranians had been among the most pro-American populations in the Middle East. They were ...
The Gen Z Candidate Calling for a ‘Humane Foreign Policy’
Kat Abughazaleh is 26 years old, has personally faced the wrath of the world’s richest person, and is up against two career politicians in a congressional district that has not ...
How China’s Crackdown Has Reshaped Hong Kong
Monday marks five years since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, criminalizing dissent and bringing the semi-autonomous city to heel after months of pro-democracy, anti-government demonstrations ...
Harvard Should Prepare to Move Abroad
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to bully Harvard University into submission. Under the guise of promoting “viewpoint diversity,” his administration has canceled all of the university’s federal grants and ...
