In the world’s largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise.
Fascism’s Global Spread is Real — As Real as the Spread of COVID-19
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The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Lining Up Behind Far-Right Authoritarians
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.
Big Tech’s Heavy Hand Around the Globe
Facebook and Google’s dominance of developing-world markets has had catastrophic effects. U.S. regulators should take note.
COVID-19 Is a Huge Threat to Stability in Africa
Ongoing conflicts — including U.S. “counterterrorism” operations — combined with escalating poverty and repression could amplify the pandemic’s social cost.
The Terrifying Implications of India’s Elections for People and the Planet
The Modi government’s far-right bigotry is well-known, but its equally disturbing environmental record isn’t.
India’s Violent Mobs Are a Menace to Minorities — and Democracy
India’s democracy is at grave risk if the government allows the rule by mobs to undermine the rule of law.
Pashtun Lives Matter
In Pakistan, the police killing of a Pashtun social media star stirred a popular uprising for democracy and demilitarization.
It’s Not Just the U.S. with a Gerrymandering Problem — Look at Pakistan
In one Pakistani province, it took just 544 voters to choose a chief minister. But 80,000 minorities there may not get a single representative.
Yugoslavia’s War Crimes Tribunal Showed the Promise – and Limits – of International Justice
The groundbreaking court brought many of the war’s worst criminals to justice, but more is needed to heal the region’s deep divisions.
The Fall of the House of ISIS
ISIS is on the decline, but the catastrophic political divisions in Iraq and Syria that gave rise to it are no closer to being mended.