to sustain democratic values in the face of efforts by authoritarian and repressive regimes to

unvarnished embraces of an authoritarian use of power....

– Thomson Reuters Foundation....

The former step is unprecedented, and the latter is extraordinary – given the guard is usually only called in for widespread disturbances like riots. Another step concerns Trump’s politicization of government data.... He has not only deployed the guard in DC, but he deployed both the guard and the Marines to Los Angeles two months ago in another extraordinary way( given the lack of widespread violence). Trump is also increasingly talking about ramping up these efforts.... He’s in effect wieldi

Trump became the first president in about 60 years to send the Guard without the approval of the governor, and a district judge late last week ruled Trump had illegally federalized the troops.... “ We do have provisions, we have laws, we have an understanding that our military is not to be used on our own people.” Then Murkowski went there on Trump’s motivations.“ So is this a test from President Trump in terms of his authorities?... But they do break some real ground in lending credence to th

The look of Russia’s parliamentary election was different, even if the results were the same. Russia’s ruling regime is trying to preserve its legitimacy by being more flexible and more respectable.

One April afternoon in 2018, Zhang Yiming, the founder of the Beijing-based online media company ByteDance, got a notice from Chinese regulators to shut down an app where people shared jokes and silly videos.He followed orders and expressed his deep remorse in a public apology.... “ I feel regretful because I have let down the guidance and expectations of the supervisory authorities all along, ” he wrote.Mr.... More about Li YuanShare full article AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT....

Calling the EU an" authoritarian empire", the Deputy Research Director and Head of Transport at the

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Klitschko have clashed over the state of emergency shelters in Kyiv.... Video CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPKlitschko at the time said he accepted some responsibility for the incident, but asserted that appointees of Zelenskyy were also to blame, accusing his political opponents of working to discredit him and see him removed from office....

The Ukrainian crisis has had multiple impacts on the international order but also on the relations between Russia and the European Union. The Czech Republic as one of the member states of both the EU and NATO plays a specific role in the recent development for it has been used as a “laboratory” of