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Germany built aggressive systems to combat hate speech, but the line between defending democracy and undermining it may be beginning to blur.
A century ago, an American colony named after Trump's favorite president was thriving on the Isle of Pines. Then came hurricanes and geopolitical reality.
From bombed reactors to inflation and blackouts, a cascade of crises is testing the Islamic Republic’s resilience like never before.
A study on the “moral circles” of liberals and conservatives gets drafted into the culture wars — with mixed results.
Migration statistics should be regarded with wariness as they are difficult to analyze properly and easily manipulated for political gain.
"It’s only natural for us to get America back," quipped Kim Kielsen, former prime minister of Greenland, in 2019.
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.
Modern autocracies operate "not like a bloc but rather like an agglomeration of companies," says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum.
Absence makes the heart (and public opinion) grow fonder.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
Five times in U.S. history, American presidential candidates have ascended to leadership despite lacking the popular vote. Here's how.
People who score high in "obsessive passion" can become rigidly consumed by ideological causes — sometimes dangerously so.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
How much do citizens really value free elections?
The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries, ayatollahs, the shah, and his Russian ambassadors. Its legacy shaped modern-day Iran.
The region of Catalonia has been at odds with greater Spain for over 300 years. The prospect of autonomy remains a distant and fading dream.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
In a time when we dislike and distrust our politicians, why can't we get more popular leaders like Kim Jong Un and Bashar al-Assad?
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
Spying is not usually done these days with balloons because they're an easy target and are not completely controllable.
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
All nations have founding myths, but none are quite like Russia's.
If you don't mourn in North Korea, you risk being executed.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
A forensics expert explains what’s involved with documenting human rights violations during conflicts, from Afghanistan to Ukraine.
A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.
And debate over it started soon after.