Revolution

The pandemic hit Iran harder than almost anywhere—but may have strengthened the regime’s hard-liners.

Ahead of elections in 2020, Ethiopia has many problems to address. Here are our top reads on how Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power and what comes next.

The country’s strongman is using the region to cement his rule.

The country has assembled one of the largest stockpiles of weapons in the Western Hemisphere. Here’s how to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

Calling for the final phase of the revolution was the Venezuelan opposition leader’s boldest move yet, and the outcome will show whether his protest still has legs.

A transcript of the opposition leader’s remarks from La Carlota Air Base.

Omar al-Bashir is gone—but he was never the key to Sudan’s oppression to begin with.

The recent election replayed a similar vote from 1992. And if the historical precedent is any guide, Thai politics are about to get even messier.

The Middle East’s latest protests seem like the Arab Spring all over again. That’s no reason for optimism.

The more atrocities Venezuela’s dictator commits, the less likely his regime is to survive him.

On the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, a former political prisoner assesses the prospect of change in Iran.

An Armenian protest leader just secured the office of prime minister by a landslide—but, thanks to his own efforts, he’ll still face plenty of opposition.

The country’s Velvet Revolution took its cues from democratic movements in Latin America rather than from other revolutions in the post-Soviet world. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

As India’s police conjure up the specter of urban Maoist terror, the real insurgency remains deep in the jungle.

Not every post-Soviet revolution is about the geopolitics of Russia.

Leftists want to celebrate revolutionary idealism; conservatives, the triumph of traditional authority. And Emmanuel Macron is trying to split the difference.

Greece’s prolonged austerity has given rise to a movement of middle-class anarchism.

The first steps have to be international diplomacy, and lifting the travel ban.

Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up.

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