Explore Iran's political system, its unique structure of power, and the historical context shaping its current challenges.

Is Brazzaville's stability a result of gradual democratic consolidation or carefully organised political continuity?

Iran’s Supreme Leader remains the most powerful office in the Islamic Republic, but its origins trace back to the dramatic 1979 Iranian Revolution. From Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to the constitutional ...

Most Americans think the country’s economic and political systems are rigged against them — at levels greater than in several ...

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s ...

Iran’s new ruler is already a marked man. U.S. President Donald Trump has said Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaced his slain ...

“I am a Bedouin feminist human rights lawyer as a peace builder,” Alsanah said at the outset, describing the identity she says she has “paid a very high price” to claim.

A political settlement could end the fighting relatively quickly. But the commercial systems that allow global oil to move safely through maritime chokepoints operate on much slower regulatory and ...

In an oil-producing country where 60 percent of people are under 25, nearly half the population lives in poverty.

Nepal's general elections carry major implications for India-Nepal trade and transit systems. The voting outcome is likely to ...

From the whirlwind start of the second Trump administration through the war in Iran, Americans have been put to a very ...

The escalation of the Iran war is putting Europe’s security and economic systems to the test. Is Brussels able to weather ...