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The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper
The CIA plot to kill the Congolese prime minister
Trump is the symptom, not the disease
How does a city feel when it's invaded by an occupying army?
Protest and repression in Belarus
When will people rise up and overthrow the dictator? Not now.
Charm and authoritarianism in the 21st century
A constant bombardment of noise and information: China, 1974 to America, 2025
Mobutu: The dictator who wanted to make Zaire great again
The illusion of benevolent dictatorship
The abuse of history in China, Russia, North Korea, and Trump's America
Lysenko: RFK Jr.'s Soviet predecessor
A mathematician looks at Trump's authoritarian takeover
Africa's most famous dictator, Idi Amin, and Donald Trump
Iran's past and the future of America
Why the U.S. is now a developing country
Balkan wars and culture wars, from Slobodan Milošević to Trump
The surveillance state in China and America
Five decades in Russia: From the Era of Stagnation to the invasion of Ukraine
Modi and the rise of the Hindu Right
The horrors of European history and today's America
Lessons for America from the Milk Tea Alliance
If we had learned the lessons of Italy's Berlusconi, we would not have Trump
Paul Kagame's Rwanda, big men of Africa, and Trump
"Don’t open the door to nobody!” Life in Pinochet's Chile and Trump's America.
How should we live in Erdoğan's Turkey and Trump's America?
Rhyming News: Trump and Musk's "white genocide" scam
The fall of Saigon and the fall of D.C.
Don’t shoot your neighbors, invite them to dinner
North Korea, a model for Donald Trump?
South Korea: Hope for democracy in an age of madmen
Self-censorship and media control in China, Russia, and the U.S.A.
Falsified democracy in Hungary and America
Pol Pot's Cambodia, Musk and Trump's America
Trump—the Hugo Chávez of the U.S.A?
How to loot a country: Lessons for the U.S. from South Africa
Elon Musk’s daddy on Elon Musk’s daddy issues
Annotated transcript of interview with Errol Musk by MacG
How to commit a self-coup, in the U.S. and in China, with Geremie Barmé