A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic monarchies).

In our quest to understand the world, there are no countries we want to shy away from. We spent quite some time contemplating this one, but eventually felt called to go and go look human stories like ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The electoral authorities announced that the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” ...

Katsiaryna Snytsina, the eponymous KS6, tells an often warm and witty tale of her own empowerment, with a burning ambition to do the same for her country ...

I will first examine some of the positions on foreign policy issues driven by memory of the First or Second World War since ...

Trump could grant Lukashenka sanctions relief without demanding any meaningful concessions in return. The EU must continue to ...

“It’s better to have a dictatorship like in Belarus than a democracy like Ukraine,” Lukashenko said in his characteristic ...

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And here we are. This is what the beginning of dictatorship looks like when you gut the Constitution, and you install yourself as the sole power. That is how dictators are made." She continued ...

"The Syrian dictatorship was a very classic one," Almadhoun explains. "They don’t care about poetry and poets because they don’t respect them. In poetry you could say a lot, they didn’t give ...

In light of recent events, it might be a good time to remember a very simple truth: Nazis are ALWAYS the bad guys.

Russia and Belarus are to remain frozen out of International Ice Hockey Federation competitions through the 2025-26 season. The IIHF decision on Tuesday covers all world championships and ...