The Trump administration’s recent freeze on billions in federally authorised funding signals an alarming shift in democratic governance with global ramifications.

The Arab Spring did not bring democracy to the region, but it remains a beacon of hope for struggling Arabs.

On January 20, 2025, the United States will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honouring the life and legacy of a man who championed justice, nonviolence, and moral courage. This year, the holiday coincides with the presidential inauguration, an event often marked by political division and controversy.

When former U.S. President Richard Nixon declared, “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal,” Americans recoiled in horror. Today, that shocking claim is inching closer to legal reality.

In January 2025, Donald Trump will take office at a time when the GOP sweep of the House and Senate and a super-majority in the Supreme Court have severely weakened the institutional guardrails built into the United States constitution.

The decade of the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has seen a blitz of such grave onslaughts that many feared India had already transformed in practice into a religious state, a Hindu Nation.