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A nominal ceasefire reached in April 2026 has done little to stop the widening confrontation in the Persian Gulf. After an alleged Iranian strike on U.S. forces on July 28, Washington launched a heavy series of...
A nominal ceasefire reached in April 2026 has done little to stop tensions in the Persian Gulf from spiraling. After what the United States described as an attempted surprise Iranian strike on July 28, Washington...
Derek Williams, a longtime CBS News cameraman who spent four decades documenting some of Asia’s most consequential events, died on July 22, 2026. He was 79. His family said he had been living with Parkinson’s disease...
Artificial intelligence is unlikely to create a wholly new kind of terrorism, but it does make existing methods cheaper, faster and easier—reducing friction for propaganda, recruitment, target selection and operational...
Democracy worldwide is under pressure. Recent measures show a large share of the global population now lives in countries that are becoming more authoritarian, and democratic norms have declined to levels not seen since...
Democracy around the world is under strain. According to recent measurements of global political freedom, roughly 41 percent of the world’s population now live in countries that are autocratizing — becoming more...
Democracy worldwide looks fragile. Recent measurements show a large share of the global population now lives in countries that are autocratizing — moving toward greater authoritarianism — and many of those regimes are...
Democracy worldwide is under strain. Recent measurements from the V-Dem Project show that about 41% of the global population live in countries moving toward greater authoritarianism, and scholars describe a "third wave...
Democracy worldwide is under strain. Recent measurements show a large share of the global population now lives under regimes that are becoming more authoritarian. At the same time, the last few decades of economic...
Global democracy looks fragile. Recent measurements show that about 41 percent of the world’s population live in countries that are becoming more authoritarian — part of what analysts call a third wave of...
Global democracy appears fragile. According to the V-Dem Project, 41% of the world’s population now live in countries that are moving in an authoritarian direction, part of what researchers call a “third wave of...
The current structure of international relations is facing a nonlinear crisis that goes far beyond a regional military clash.
