The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.

After a shaky start, this function came to be fulfilled by political parties. Nowadays, parties are largely viewed as tribal, ...

The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable. But even authoritarian governments sometimes reform.

Longtime scholar of Venezuelan politics Geo Maher offers crucial context that is often missing from mainstream coverage.

At the Food and Drug Administration, political appointees have overridden expert advisory panels on drug and vaccine ...

The spectacle of Nicolás Maduro’s capture has drawn attention away from the quieter imposition of systems and power networks that constitute colonial rule.

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American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Sovereignty that protects corruption, excuses failure and shields leaders from accountability is not a noble principle — it ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

Democracy rarely disappears overnight. More often, it erodes—procedure by procedure—until people must risk their lives to ...

The passage of SI 215 of 2025 is not a neutral adjustment to economic regulation; instead, it is a detonator placed at the ...