Soft Power As Zimbabwe elections near, China is the dragon in the room How Zimbabweans vote on August 23 could have a critical impact on the race to control the global supply of rare metals feature Ranga Mberi
Information War How the Kremlin plans to prop up Putin After surviving a surreal coup attempt, Putin tells an even more surreal fable of a nation that stood strong behind its president explainer Tamara Evdokimova
Information War Hate speech sparks fears of violence against Yazidis in Iraq An absence of accountability for a past genocide and a power vacuum have left the Yazidi vulnerable to renewed rounds of violence feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Amid chaos, Pakistan shut down the internet to little effect Disrupting internet services did not stop protests in Pakistan but hurt ordinary people and an economy in crisis, say experts q&a Javeria Khalid
Information War In Turkey, anger at Syrians reaches boiling point as elections loom Following the earthquakes in February, resentment of Syrian refugees in Turkey has grown and become a hot button election topic feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Why the Czech government can’t beat back online disinformation Attempts to stop homegrown false narratives from proliferating online have largely failed feature Amanda Coakley
Information War Documenting the women warriors of Ukraine Ukrainian filmmakers are helping to tell Ukraine’s side of the story to countries that have not condemned Russia’s invasion q&a Tusha Mittal
Traditional Values Italy’s pro-choice gynecologists reel from post-Roe shockwaves In Italy, where 7 in 10 gynecologists refuse to perform abortions, pro-choice doctors fear for the future of abortion rights feature Isobel Cockerell
Armed Conflict The LGBTQ rights debate is testing Ukraine's commitment to Europe The visibility of LGBTQ soldiers may herald a turning point in the fight for equal rights dispatch Amanda Coakley
Information War The Ukrainian journalists on the front lines of Russian propaganda As Russia pumps disinformation into the occupied territories of Ukraine, journalists from News of Donbas are working to cut through the falsehoods feature Amanda Coakley
Information War As elections near, Turkey weaponizes the law to suppress speech Turkish president Erdogan is using a ‘disinformation law’ passed in October to jail and intimidate critics feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Fake videos of mob violence deepen India’s North-South divide The Indian right wing is accused of manufacturing tensions over the supposed bullying of migrant laborers in Tamil Nadu feature Alishan Jafri
Traditional Values The Vatican is turning its back on Belarus' Catholics Priests are arrested in Belarus for standing up for human rights and opposing the war in Ukraine. The Vatican has stood idly by feature Amanda Coakley
Traditional Values India's 'cow protectors' are getting away with murder Vigilantes in Haryana are accused of killing two Muslim men for the crime of 'cattle smuggling,' and the authorities may be complicit feature Alishan Jafri
Traditional Values Russia spent years courting the Christian right. With the war in Ukraine, has the alliance faltered? Russia has been a key player in the culture wars for three decades, gaining admiration from conservative Christians for its anti-LGBTQ laws and building cross-border alliances q&a Isobel Cockerell
