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Members of Lebanon's election monitoring association survey the voting process through screens at the foreign ministry in Beirut on May 6, 2022. - Lebanese expatriates cast their votes for parliamentary elections, two years into an unprecedented economic crisis that spurred a mass exodus. It is the second time in the country's history that citizens residing abroad are able to vote for their 128 representatives, in elections set to be held at home on May 15. Expatriates began voting at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) Beirut time on Friday in nine Arab countries and in Iran, while the rest will vote in 48 other countries on Sunday. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

In Lebanon, Elections Bring Cautious Hope – and an Uphill Battle for Reforms

Weakened incumbents and diaspora voting could allow the country to change direction after years of graft, mismanagement, and democratic decline.

US, EU Face Higher Hurdles Now for Action Against Orbán’s Tightening Grip in Hungary

His landslide re-election and Russia's war on Ukraine makes pushback on the region's autocratization harder -- and more needed -- than ever.
A man carries a banner during a demonstration at Ojota in Lagos on June 12, 2021, as Nigerian activists called for nationwide protests over what they criticise as bad governance and insecurity, as well as the recent ban of US social media platform Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. - Hundreds of protesters gathered on June 12, 2021 in Lagos, a sprawling megapolis of over 20 million people, and police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

What Elon Musk Does Not Get about Twitter and Democracy in Africa

Deferring to local laws to determine the bounds of free speech on Twitter - and Musk has suggested doing - would jeopardize hard-won democratic freedoms in Africa.

Tunisia’s Democratic Backsliding and Economic Woes Illustrate the Limits of Transition

Transitional justice mechanisms confronted bad timing, political infighting, and demands for structural changes that drove the revolution.

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…
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