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DICTATORSHIP

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2020
Iran’s provocations would be deadlier without sanctions
Imagine if the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had more money to spend.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2020
Viral Authoritarianism
COVID-19 is a threat not just to public health, but also to human rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2020
Wannabe autocrats love the COVID-19 pandemic
In Hungary and Poland — as in Israel and elsewhere — liberty suddenly seems cheap. Even in a pandemic, it shouldn't be.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2019
Brazil inaugurates far-right firebrand junta fan Jair Bolsonaro as president
Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro, who has vowed to crack down on political corruption, violent crime and ignite a moribund economy with deregulation and fiscal discipline, was sworn in as Brazil's president on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2017
Peru may cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest vote for constitution rewrite assembly
Peru may sever diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest Sunday's election of a legislative superbody in the country that has been widely criticized as undemocratic, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2017
Defying Trump's 'brutal interventionist' threat, Maduro to press ahead with Constituent Assembly
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government on Tuesday vowed to proceed with plans for a controversial new congress despite what it called a "brutal interventionist" threat of U.S. economic sanctions.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017
Pitfalls of strongman populism
Democratically adopted policies have more staying power than those imposed by autocrats.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan