Civil Liberties

Former US officials working on Georgian-US relations condemn violent crackdown on protesters in Tbilisi and recommend US policy measures.

Bolot Temirov on the personal cost of the country's repression of media and civil society, as democracy gives way to authoritarianism.

Leading experts unpack the Biden administration's National Security Memorandum on AI.

Following his recommendation would secure the grip of ethnonationalists and those responsible for the “fragile” conditions he laments.

The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.

The Fourth Amendment requires that queries of the FISA Section 702 database for information about U.S. persons be performed pursuant to a court order, regardless of whether the…

Unfocused efforts to break the logjam over human rights and diplomatic recognition raise questions about how to move forward.

Gubad Ibadoghlu's case represents a trend of falsely imprisoning human rights defenders that casts a shadow on a premier annual gathering.

His case and the cause of freedom he pursues highlight the need for greater efforts by Russian civil society and the international community.

Congress can legislate both responsibly and openly, as long as the administration declassifies certain information that is already in the public domain.

Across the US, community action is raising the costs of political violence while strengthening pro-democracy norms and behaviors.

The ODNI's framework on CAI still gives the intelligence community too much discretion in determining how certain principles are applied.