In recent years, a dark strategy of intimidation and fear has spread across Russia. The silencing of political opposition in Russia has become a chilling reality.  Scholars Daniel Treisman and Sergei Guriev note that Russian president Vladimir Putin...

Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico, promises to clear Mexico's streets of gang violence with her astounding plan, devoting herself to the already-in-place “hugs, not bullets” advance.  In 2023, the homicide rate in Mexico...