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Strengthening Democracy With the Global Fragility Act: Getting Political Transformation Right

US planning teams are preparing for a focus on Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and the Littoral West Africa region.
Bill of one hundred dollars under holed paper

How Strengthening the Corporate Transparency Act Can Help the IRS Follow the Money

Stronger tools are needed for regulators to identify the true owners of financial holdings.
Ukrainian servicemen carry the casket bearing the remains of journalist Maks Levins on April 4, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian Journalists Are Winning the “Information War” Russia Is Waging Against Ukraine, But They Need Help

Solidarity with -- and support for -- them offers an opportunity to reaffirm the value of free and independent media everywhere.
Ukrainian servicemen carry the casket bearing the remains of journalist Maks Levins on April 4, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Українські журналісти перемагають в інформаційній війні Росії проти України, але потребують допомоги

Українські журналісти виступили оплотом проти спроб росіян обдурити і зневірити українців поширенням…
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade.

Embracing Autocrats to Help Ukraine Is a Losing Proposition

Downplaying human rights in the name of building an alliance to oppose Russia’s invasion risks strengthening the global autocratic threat of which the Ukraine conflict is only…

Справжній страх Путіна: Конституційний лад України

"Зараз в Україні усе населення на чолі з мужнім президентом ризикує своїм виживанням або змушене…

Putin’s Real Fear: Ukraine’s Constitutional Order

The US must take a stand for a population risking its survival or forced to flee in a fight for the ideals that Americans have long espoused.

U.S. Real Estate Secrecy Links Global Corruption, Domestic Inequality

"Slowing or even stopping the torrent of opaquely-sourced cash currently flowing into the real estate industry would be a huge victory in the fight against corruption – and could…

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Essentially Not About NATO

Instead of buying Putin's claimed sense of military threat, theorists of realism should see the driver in his disdain for democracy.

Does the Law Matter?: Coup Edition

Attacks on democracy call for engagement with the law, not jaded dismissals of it.

State and Local Solutions Are Integral to Protect Election Officials and Democracy

Four leading thinkers on U.S. democracy propose concrete steps to protect election officials.
Image: New Honduran President Xiomara Castro greets supporters after swearing in during her inauguration ceremony, in Tegucigalpa, on January 27, 2022. - (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Renewing U.S. Investments in Women’s Political Leadership

Four keys to meaningfully invest in women's political leadership: support existing reforms, transform hostile political institutions, nurture feminist reform coalitions, and tackle…
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