Rule of Law

The $424.4 million plan focuses on media, corruption, reformers, technology, and political processes like elections.

The implicit refutation bolsters an already strengthening opposition without the kind of US interference that tends to generate backlash.

It should create international organizations to build democracy and the rule of law, with the heft of global economic institutions.

How framing civilian harm in U.S. military operations -- as a “tragic mistake” -- hides the systemic failure that requires institutional reform.

How to break six common and unhelpful patterns in US engagement with security partners that abuse rights or democratic standards.

"A long step toward the ultimate freedom: the realization that there is no them, there is only us."

"It is simply not credible that the entire investigative report must be withheld in order to protect (as one imagines the claim) sources and methods of intelligence-gathering."

Majid Khan described his torture by the United States for the first time in a case that also shows how plea agreements are the only realistic path for those charged in Guantanamo…

It's time for Washington to recognize the role of Serb nationalism in fomenting renewed tensions across the region.

Of the many abuses that sprung from the Patriot Act’s toxic soil, the most pernicious and enduring is the growth of secret laws. The insistence that the government must not only…

The lack of uniform procedures for sealing federal court records has resulted in excessive secrecy that has caused considerable harm.

Review: Casey Michel's book, “American Kleptocracy,” tells the tale of US financial secrecy via two of the world’s great kleptocrats.