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January 6, 2023

China
How Beijing Is Controlling Chinese Media in Canada and Around the World

Pro-Beijing owners have increasingly gained control of Chinese-language media in liberal democracies like Canada.

A Chinese-language newspaper displays a photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with his wife.

July 16, 2023

United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s

The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…

The U.S. flag flies near the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

November 22, 2021

International Law
A Negotiator's Reliance on the Nuremberg Legacy

This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal: on 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the tr…

November 13, 2023

Liberia
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy

As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited. 

Liberian voters search for their name on electoral lists before they cast their votes during Liberia's presidential election in Monrovia, Liberia on October 10, 2023.

February 12, 2024

Palestinian Territories
Democracy and the Two-State Solution

The war in Gaza has focused attention once again on the search for solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The solution favored by the United States, the European Union, most of the world’s de…