Democracy in Asia is rapidly deteriorating—accelerated by waning international support and democratic backsliding even in the ...

By the monitoring organization Freedom House's calculations, for 19 years, democracy has eroded around the world.

Large global powers set the tectonic shifts of geopolitics in motion. Small players have always had to figure out how to ...

Authoritarian leaders in Europe and Asia are emboldened by the White House’s signals of disinterest in condemning their ...

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (Mar 31) sanctioned six senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials for "transnational ...

If leaked documents listing active and terminated projects are accurate, almost all USAID programs in Central Asia have been ...

Indonesia’s parliament has unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law that will expand the armed ...

China is best placed to replace the United States as a key foreign donor in Asia but may be reluctant to fully fill the void, ...

A single witty, scene-stealing figure amid a sea of demonstrators can become a spark — amplifying the protest’s message and ...

In total, 45 countries were “autocratizing” last year – an increase from 42 that were moving away from more democracy in 2023. That amounts to more than 3 billion people, or 40% of the world ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed revisions to a law on the Indonesian military (TNI), allowing ...