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Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed ...

Guest Column - Welcome Address to the Third Annual Media Development Conference [MDC-03] in Abuja on 24 November 2025.

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

WASHINGTON — A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism. In the ...

Protectionism has met with plenty of criticism over the last several months, but the magnitude of the danger it poses is not yet fully appreciated. Much of the discussion surrounding the tariffs ...

President Trump and Elon Musk's plans for a wholesale reduction of the federal workforce have brought turmoil to a sector long seen as a bastion of stability. The Trump administration says more cuts ...

Falange far-right group supporters clash with anti-fascist counter-protesters in Vitoria, Spain on Oct. 12. (Ander Gillenea/ AFP) If you watch the news these days and feel that, beyond the daily chaos ...

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