Tag: Democracy

Last week, France’s Nicholas Sarkozy became the first former president of a European Union state to serve time in prison. He will be held in solitary confinement, with limited phone access ...

The death of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and most enduring opposition figure, closes a defining chapter in the nation’s political life. For more than 40 years, Odinga embodied ...

For years, many democracy experts have warned that U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing the country toward authoritarianism. During his first term, they raised alarm bells as Trump repeatedly tested ...

In a public statement made shortly after winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Venezuelan democratic activist María Corina Machado pledged that she would dedicate the award to U.S. President Donald ...

Israelis woke last Thursday to the news that many of them had been fervently hoping to hear for two years: The Israeli government and Hamas had agreed to a deal ...

From the earliest days of his rule, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a regular practice of purging senior members of his country’s military hierarchy. He has invoked corruption in ...

A few weeks ago, prominent Russian opposition leaders in exile made a startling plea to the Canadian government: Please accept hundreds of asylum-seekers currently detained in the United States before ...

On Oct. 12, citizens of Cameroon, a Central African country with a population of 30 million, will vote in a presidential election. Irregularities have already marred the process, including the ...

The Trump administration is dismantling the pillars of the United States’ democracy. Europe, whose own democracies are facing internal challenges and external threats, has seen this playbook before. Its leaders ...

Moldova’s pro-Western governing party gained a clear parliamentary majority in this weekend’s elections, choosing European alignment amid “unprecedented pressure, disinformation, and interference from the Kremlin.” Although the results advance Moldova’s ...