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Political Stability in Cuba: Risks of Power Change and Potential Consequences

Cuba is currently experiencing one of the most severe economic and social crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. The country faces an acute shortage…

March 17, 2026Cuba, USA

Democracy Governance

Madagascar’s Government Dissolution: Causes, Political Forces, and Geopolitical Implications

The dissolution of the Malagasy government in March 2026 represents another stage in Madagascar’s prolonged political crisis following the military-backed transition of 2025. The country’s transitional leader, Michael Randrianirina, dismissed Prime…

March 13, 2026Madagascar

Democracy Governance National Security

Beyond Decapitation: Why Iran’s Political System Is Built to Survive War

A recent classified assessment by the National Intelligence Council concludes that even a large-scale interstate war against Iran would be unlikely to remove or fundamentally transform the country’s ruling system. According to…

March 11, 2026Iran, USA

Corruption Democracy

Detention of Ukrainian Bank Workers in Hungary: Legal Implications, Political Context, and Ukraine’s Possible Response

In March 2026 Hungarian authorities detained seven employees of Ukraine’s state-owned Oschadbank and seized a shipment of approximately $82 million in cash, €35 million, and 9 kilograms of gold that was being…

March 11, 2026EU, Hungary, Ukraine

Democracy Governance

The Kurti-Osmani rift returns Kosovo to snap elections

Kosovo has increasingly become characterized by cycles of political instability, repeated snap elections,and institutional paralysis. The most recent political crisis illustrates how internal power struggles canundermine the functioning of democratic…

March 10, 2026Kosovo

Democracy Governance

Analysis: Voting on Changes to the Somali Constitution

Somalian Lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the national Constitution after a "sweeping" review of critical chapters, hailing the vote as a historic milestone toward finalizing the country's constitutional framework and strengthening…

March 6, 2026Somalia

Democracy Governance

Putting Liberation on Trial: Kosovo, The Hague, and Albanian Prime Minister’s call to the Board of Peace to defend moral truth

To equate those who fought for their people’s survival with those who massacred, killed civilians including women, the elderly and children, is to wound the very idea of justice. Kosovo’s…

February 20, 2026KLA, Kosovo

Democracy Geopolitics Governance Propaganda and Disinformation

Budapest Beyond Its Borders: Hungary’s Expanding Influence Among the Csángó Minority in Romania

The Hungarian government is actively investing state funds in the development of the Csángó Hungarian ethnic group located in eastern Romania, within the Romanian region of Moldavia. Official Budapest supports the Csángó…

February 18, 2026Hungary, Romania

Democracy Governance

Zimbabwe’s “2030” constitutional push: why now, who’s behind it, who resists, and how likely it is to pass

Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has approved a Constitutional Amendment Bill (2026) that would (1) extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years and replace direct presidential elections with a parliamentary election of the president. If applied…

February 11, 2026Zimbabwe

Corruption Democracy Economy

Hungary at the Bottom: Corruption, Rule-of-Law Failure, and the EU’s Most Persistent Governance Crisis”

In 2025, Hungary once again found itself at the bottom of the European Union rankings and was recognized as the most corrupt EU member state, sharing last place with Bulgaria.Media outlets…

February 11, 2026Hungary

Democracy

Political Stability in Cuba: Risks of Power Change and Potential Consequences

Madagascar’s Government Dissolution: Causes, Political Forces, and Geopolitical Implications

Beyond Decapitation: Why Iran’s Political System Is Built to Survive War

Detention of Ukrainian Bank Workers in Hungary: Legal Implications, Political Context, and Ukraine’s Possible Response

The Kurti-Osmani rift returns Kosovo to snap elections

Analysis: Voting on Changes to the Somali Constitution

Putting Liberation on Trial: Kosovo, The Hague, and Albanian Prime Minister’s call to the Board of Peace to defend moral truth

Budapest Beyond Its Borders: Hungary’s Expanding Influence Among the Csángó Minority in Romania

Zimbabwe’s “2030” constitutional push: why now, who’s behind it, who resists, and how likely it is to pass

Hungary at the Bottom: Corruption, Rule-of-Law Failure, and the EU’s Most Persistent Governance Crisis”

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