Anti-corruption crackdowns can serve as mechanisms for authoritarian consolidation of power through selective prosecution and detention of political opponents, representing potential abuse of state authority.
A number of senior politicians have been detained in a wave of arrests.
Russian state suppression of war information through euphemisms, withheld shelter designations, and silencing public discourse exemplifies… [more]
Demonstrates authoritarian collapse and mob-driven governance as vigilante groups enforce unofficial deadlines, forcing mass displacement… [more]
Documents state-level political repression and symbolic erasure of marginalized communities by an authoritarian-leaning government,… [more]