I am a regular listener to Ezra Klein’s podcast, and I’m a fan. There should be more podcasts that treat serious issues ...

Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From ...

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When I lived in Bishkek 25 years ago, then-president Askar Akayev was so effusive in expressing his desire for Kyrgyzstan to ...

There are two options for criminals in a democracy who don’t want to go to jail. The first is to launch a large-scale campaign to legalise whatever crime it is that you want to commit. This is hard, ...

A laboratory for journalism The word “zeg” means “the day after tomorrow” in Georgian. And that encapsulates Coda’s mission to look beyond the headlines, connect the dots between crises, identify ...

When I think back to my time growing up in the 1980s and ‘90s in a small authoritarian Eastern European state bordering Greece, Turkey, Romania and the Black Sea, one scene always springs to mind: ...

A shadowy nexus of pro-Trump nonprofits are securing lucrative security contracts to spew disinformation about border “invasion” ...

NEW YORK, May 2023: A person has “MAGA” tattooed on his neck as he stands with supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The former President’s visit coincides with the end of his hush money ...