Those prepared to stand up to “arbitrary authority or witless mass opinion” enrich public life, and we should celebrate them.
Russia’s pipeline politics isn’t just about Europe anymore
Uzbekistan is a dangerous country in which to uncover evidence of government wrongdoing; but reporting for the BBC World Service, Natalia Antelava has exposed a state campaign of forced sterilisation. The Karimov regime is a notoriously unpleasant one, but what the BBC coverage doesn’t mention is that there is nothing exceptional about the abuse of […]
A compromise solution would be to keep him in power but limit his powers.