Youth Mobilization Sparks Hope for Guatemala’s Democratic Future
A new generation helped propel President-elect Arévalo’s unlikely victory. Can they rebuild faith in Guatemala’s political system? On...
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The Global Stakes for Human Rights in America’s Election
American leadership impacts human rights globally through the hard power of institutional leadership and the soft power of example — a...
The Return of Russian Ethnonationalism
Chauvinism Under—and After—Putin It is hard to imagine a more nationalist leader of Russia than President Vladimir Putin. He has...
New report highlights evidence of escalating Russian genocide in Ukraine
The brutality of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has shocked many, even as Ukrainians and regional experts have noted that...
Countering Coups: How to Reverse Military Rule Across the Sahel
Patterns in the Sahel’s coups provide guidelines to building effective democracies. Three years of coups around Africa’s Sahel region —...
Kosovo, Armenia and the Perils of Velvet Revolutions
New Democracies Amid “Ancient Hatreds” There are moments when Albin Kurti, Kosovo’s prime minister, feels like the leader many Armenians...
Time for Somaliland and the Dhulbahante to Talk
Somaliland’s army and Dhulbahante militias are fighting for control of the town of Las Anod. The Dhulbahante want to join Somalia rather...
The Armenia and Azerbaijan Conflict is a Test of International Norms: The United States is Failing
“Throughout our history, we’ve learned this lesson: When dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos; they...
Italian narratives about the Amhara helped lay the seeds of genocide in Ethiopia
When the Italian Fascists invaded Ethiopia in the 1930s, they attempted to undermine Ethiopian nationhood by portraying Ethiopia as a...
BRIEFER: Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: History, Uses and Future of the Concept
"Threat multiplier” has become a widely used term by scholars and practitioners to describe climate change implications for security in...
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