Interpol Tightens Oversight After Autocrats Target Its Databases
by The changes are intended to stop governments from using the world’s largest police organization to harass and monitor political dissidents.
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How Autocrats Game the Rules of Democracy
All around the world, leaders are exploiting legal and electoral systems in an attempt to win more power. What does it take to beat them?
An Autocrat’s Tool Backfires in Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in his country’s election. But exit polls suggested the opposition leader won a landslide, setting off protests around the country.
Putin and Kim Jong-un, Autocrats Brought Closer by War, Meet in Pyongyang
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in his first visit to the country in nearly a quarter-century on …