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To save democracy from Trump, look to Black history

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of his country, which took place in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18, 2025. In fact, there were no Ukrainian representatives, nor any European Union ones – just U.S. and Russian delegations, and their Saudi hosts.

‘In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,’ says one leading politician

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Guinea were successful. A number of social, economic and political factors have been identified as…

Brennan Center lawyer: "I do not believe that there is any outcome in the US Supreme Court that is inevitable"

We’ve seen the opening salvo in a US effort to transform the transatlantic relationship. The future of democracy is in play

Court says the attack was a serious challenge to democracy and posed a significant danger to many people.

Although Australia has a strong and proud democracy, it nonetheless faces important challenges.

With the recent confirmations of Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – two of the most controversial of President Donald Trump’s high-level administration nominees – the president’s attempt to remake government as a home for political loyalists continues.

Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America

The vice-president’s attack on European values signalled a historic realignment. Should the continent seek rapprochement or go its own way? ask Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others