Has Yevgeny Prigozhin turned on Vladimir Putin?
The head of the Wagner Group has broken a cardinal rule of Russian politics: the subordinates are fair game, but…
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As strongman leaders around the world begin to fall, has authoritarianism peaked?
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro both tested the democratic system and lost power. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could be next.
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Ukraine might win its war – but it won’t help the West’s wider struggle against autocracy
Led by hawks in the Biden administration, liberal democracies are stumbling into a commercial cold war with Beijing.
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Putin under pressure
Russia’s war against Ukraine is coming home.
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The French right can’t quit Russia
A former prime minister’s parliamentary testimony highlights persistent pro-Moscow sympathies among France’s elite.
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Who is behind the drone attack on the Kremlin?
There are multiple possibilities but regardless of who ordered the attack, there is a danger that it could backfire.
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False flag attacks are usually just that – false
Successful covert attacks by a country on its own people are extremely hard to pull off, and thus extremely rare.
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Europe’s focus is on Ukraine and the east – but relations with Africa are as important
By 2050 two in every five children in the world are projected to born in Africa. It is the continent…
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