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COVID-19 Sparks a Wave of Racism in Iran

Ali Arfa

After Kianush Jahanpur, Iran’s health ministry spokesman called the Chinese COVID-19 figures a “joke,” there was an exchange of some tweets between him and Chang Hua, Chinese ambassador to Iran.…

Government & PoliticsPutin, Russia

Constitutional Reform and Presidential Term Limits in Russia

Gabriella Gricius

What will Vladimir Putin do when his presidential term ends in 2024? In his annual state-of-the-nation speech this January, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for broad changes to the Russian…

Government & PoliticsCorruption, Russia, Ukraine

London Court Rules Against Ukrainian Oligarchs in PrivatBank Case

Gabriella Gricius

While the ruling is ostensively favorable for Ukraine, it has consequences for the country's economic and corruption woes. Last week, Ukrainian oligarchs Igor Kolomoyskiy and Hennadiy Boholyubov lost their case…

Government & PoliticsElections, Russia, Ukraine

Elections in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Regions: Peace, But At What Cost?

Gabriella Gricius

In early October of 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine would agree to hold elections in the occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk once all armed forces leave the…

Government & PoliticsAfghanistan, United States

Afghanistan’s 2019 Presidential Election: Leading Contenders

Mustafa Aryan

Seventeen candidates are running for the 2019 Afghan presidential election on September 28, 2019.The two leading candidates are the incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who…

Government & PoliticsNepal, Southeast Asia

No End in Sight to the Struggle for Transitional Justice in Nepal

Nandita Palrecha

The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2006 marked the end of the decade-long civil war between the Maoists and the Nepalese state. The conflict that saw the…

Government & PoliticsIran, Middle East, United States

Washington’s Rationale for Ignoring Iranian Civil Unrest is Inexcusable

Shima Bozorgi

This August is the 66th anniversary of the 1953 ouster of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Hardliners and those on the left-wing of politics in Iran condemn Mosaddegh’s removal as a…

Government & PoliticsIndia, Kashmir, Pakistan, Southeast Asia

Ending Kashmir’s autonomy will mean wide-ranging implications for India

Mikail Shaikh

India believes its move to repeal Article 370 will ensure security in Indian-administered Kashmir. There is a strong likelihood, however, that it will guarantee the opposite—an enduring condition of violence…

Government & PoliticsAfrican Union, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia

The Return of the Arab Spring

Ibrahim Taha

The ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on April 11 failed to satisfy the demands of millions of Sudanese protestors, who sought a timely transition to a democratic, civilian-led government.…

Government & PoliticsCorruption, Europe, Ukraine

President of Ukraine Moves to Disband Parliament

Gabriella Gricius

How severe is the standoff between the parliament and the president? After President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in as Ukraine’s sixth president, his first order of business was to dissolve…

Government & PoliticsDisinformation, Information Operations, Iran, United States

Iran’s Fragile Moments of Democracy May Not Survive the Propaganda Bots

Ali Arfa

A day after Aljazeera published a piece on Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), whose Twitter users were targeting Iranian scholars, academics, and journalists in favor of dialogue between the U.S. and Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister…