Trump’s White House and the Politics of Nepotism
In the past year, the president of Azerbaijan’s wife became vice president, the president of Tajikistan’s son became mayor of the country’s capital city, Angola’s president appointed his daughter head of the state oil company and Ivanka Trump became an
Trump and the Myth of Chaos in Europe
The United States government has long defined itself as a bastion of freedom, contrasting American stability with the ”chaos” of the Middle East and Africa. But Trump’s administration has distinguished itself from previous administrations by contrasting its vision of America
The Varied Roads from Central Asia to the Islamic State
Early in the morning on January 1, 2017, a gunman burst into a crowded nightclub in Istanbul killing 39 people and injuring hundreds more. The attack sent shockwaves around the world. But the gunman was not a Turkish citizen. On
Authoritarian Governments Abusing Interpol to Pursue Opponents Abroad
Human rights activist Lutfullo Shamsutdinov was forced to flee his native Uzbekistan after he reported on a massacre in the city of Andijan on May 14, 2005. Between 200 and 1,000 civilians died. Although the government claimed that “terrorists” were