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A running commentary on politics, international affairs and culture
Peruvian Elections 2026: Fujimori 2.0
Keiko Fujimori’s victory in Peru may signal an end to the country’s agonizing turmoil—but at the price of an increasingly autocratic regime like her father’s.
The Erdoğan Solution: Choose Your Opposition Leaders
Erdoğan’s discovery that no state of emergency is necessary when you can choose your opposition’s leadership for them.
Armenia’s Rock and Hard Place
Geopolitically in a tough spot, supporting Armenia’s move toward democracy is a strong cause for our solidarity.
First Iran War: Bangs, Whimpers and Smoke
The First Iran War has been eventful, but US dithering has meant that the revolutionary change for Iran has still not materialized.
Elections in Hungary and Peru: One Out, One In?
As one autocrat is deposed, another often pops up somewhere else. While we can celebrate Orbán’s, Peru’s democratic crisis might be getting worse.
Israeli Democracy: The Battle on Two Fronts
Faced with threats from both outside and inside, believers in Israeli democracy must continue to shoulder the fight the for it.
The Kicked Can Finally Runs Out of Road
After nearly fifty years of violent dictatorship and regional brinkmanship, could be it that the clerical fascist regime is seeing its last days?
Venezuela and Iran: Betrayal or Sloppy Realism?
Too many times myopic restraint leads to harder consequences, and in the cases of Iran and Venezuela, democracy might be losing out because of US sloppiness.
Protests in Iran: Hope and Self-Sacrifice
As Mazzinians, our duty is solidarity with Iran’s democratic revolution, even if all the forces of reaction are upon us.
With Maduro Gone Democracy Must Remain the Goal
With Maduro now in US custody, we must remember the goal in Venezuela is not just the fall of the regime but the return to democracy.
Let’s Not Give Up on Myanmar
As Myanmar faces a sham election under military rule, its ignored and brutalised democracy movement fights a war the world cannot afford to forget.
Somaliland: The Idea of Earning Recognition
Somaliland has been long deserving of recognition as an independent country, but what should determine this? Is self-determination an absolute right or are there institutional realities to factor in?
Sharp Power to Oust Maduro?
With things heating up between the US and Venezuela, could Trump's sharp power negotiation technique be a safe and effective way of confronting dictators in the future?
A Ruble for Your Peace?
A US-brokered “peace” that rewards Russian aggression at Ukraine’s expense is not pragmatism but appeasement, and history shows such deals only embolden dictators.
The Taiwan Question
The question over Taiwan has long been personally and politically significant to me. And with things cooling down between the US and China, what might be in store for the world’s most gallant democracy?
From Russia with Destabilization
Putin’s continuous brinkmanship has finally culminated in a full-on invasion of Ukraine, while Western voices attempt to apologize for it.
A Very Afghan Threnody
The Taliban’s victory after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan signals the beginning of a darker world in which human rights will diminish.
Hello? Internationalism?
The struggle of the people of Hong Kong against the CCP’s tyrannical government is a call for us to show solidarity. But why is the much-needed internationalism absent?