Trump wants to bring even more white Afrikaners to the U.S. Carolyn E. Holmes - October 16, 2025 This White House program bumps out thousands of refugees who have provisional approval to emigrate.
Iran’s security forces have little incentive to ease up on protesters Roya Izadi - September 30, 2022 Will forces remain loyal to the regime? That might depend on their business networks.
Today is International Day of Peace. Can you measure what peace is? Roger Mac Ginty and Pamina Firchow - September 21, 2022 One way is to see whether people feel safe going about their daily lives, the Everyday Peace Indicators project finds
Sudan’s leader says the military will step aside. That’s not likely. Salah Ben Hammou - July 7, 2022 Eight months after Sudan’s military coup, what happens now?
Brittney Griner was ‘wrongfully detained.’ What happens now? Danielle Gilbert - May 5, 2022 The State Department announcement gives the U.S. government ways to negotiate for the release of the WNBA star
Worried about the state of democracy? Here are some reasons to be optimistic instead. Miguel Angel Lara Otaola - March 2, 2022 These factors help countries return to democracy after an authoritarian spell, our research finds.
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes. Noam Lupu, Luke Plutowski, and Elizabeth Zechmeister - January 3, 2022 That percentage jumped significantly since 2017 and includes more than half the Republicans we surveyed.
Don’t expect regional organizations to rein in coups Emmanuel Balogun and Aarie Glas - July 13, 2021 Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.
Belarus forced down a plane because it couldn’t shut down an app Aliaksandr Herasimenka - May 28, 2021 Telegram became a cornerstone of last summer’s anti-government protests
Thai protesters don’t like what the king and government are doing. Can they make them change? Kana Inata - May 17, 2021 Yes, citizens can hold even unelected leaders accountable