Russian American writer M. Gessen discusses Trump’s agenda, a possible ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine, and more.

There is always a risk of totalitarianism,” warned the filmmaker, who fled to Germany last year and is currently heading up ...

St. Petersburg Rep. Anna Paulina Luna moved to investigate mayors for Congress’ mistakes. I didn’t mean to write again on immigration this week. This column, however, really isn’t about immigration.

On the electric Xwitter machine, Brynn Tannehill brilliantly eviscerated this hopeless Politico piece about the consequences of a Trump presidency that makes Pollyanna read like Mickey Spillane. I ...

Hannah Arendt was a political thinker who understood fascism better than many. She was right there, eye-to-eye with the beast. Arendt was born near Hanover, Germany, in 1906. Her family was ...

Chinese companies use AI to monitor the nation’s people and bolster censorship at home. They promote Chinese-made AI technology abroad through large-scale subsidies and low bidding, coercing ...

In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun, Gabriel was asked how digitalization could lead to totalitarianism and what can be done to bring about a bright future through improved technology.

Diminished social connections breed distrust and make us susceptible to those who exploit us in their pursuit of power, writes guest columnist. OP/ED ...

“…it is likely that the most important part of Friday’s events has relatively little to do with the ending of that tragic war. The greatest significance of Friday’s events, it seems to me, is that it ...

Acknowledging that we can be wrong is why democracy is multiparty, not single-party. If political parties are only ...

As Britain acquires a new king and new prime minister, and ordinary people are arrested for expressing dislike of the royal family, James Butler and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite join Tom to consider ...

That’s miserable. But at least you know what’s coming. For Gilliam, totalitarianism isn’t (just) evil because it wants to torture and crush people. It’s evil because it has no mechanism ...