“Bulgaria’s Rising Autocrats and Their EU Enablers” was originally published in our Fall 2021 Print Edition: Authoritarianism. Whereas Poland and Hungary have taken a…

“Bangladesh: The Cost of Democracy” was originally published in our Fall 2021 Print Edition: Authoritarianism. When Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971, most…

Annually, the Comparative Survey of Freedom evaluates nations’ political rights and civil liberties. Political rights are defined as how “people have a choice in…

Earlier this year, surreal images poured out of major Colombian cities and into international news headlines. Videos emerged of thousands gathered in the streets,…

Last April, President Biden announced his plan to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops and personnel from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, after nearly twenty…

When prompted with the question of where atrocities are occurring in the modern day, we commonly point to regions in the Global South, namely…