What is a dissident? In an autocracy, standing against the rulers could mean harassment, prison, torture, even death.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham has undergone a striking political shift. Once a sharp critic of Donald Trump, he is now a trusted White ...

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Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S.

IDEAS Don’t look away from what’s happening in Iran Now that a ceasefire is in place with Israel, the Islamic Republic again has turned its attention to cracking down on dissent at home.

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They also disagreed with much, such as the slogans of "death to America". This ambivalence ... James Barry, an Australian scholar of Iran, noticed a similar phenomenon. State propaganda made it seem ...

They’re failing at running an international media organization and now it seems they’re failing at firing us too,” said ...