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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 27, 2022.
Archetypes of autocracy: Part II
Chinese President Xi Jingping speaks during the opening session of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, June 6, 2016. 
Critical State
Archetypes of autocracy: Part I
A picture of a Basque Shepherd
The World in Words
How the Basque language has survived
African Renaissance Monument - From Above
Economics
North Korea’s biggest export? Giant statues. To African dictators.
Secretate police records in Romania
Conflict & Justice
A writer retraces her childhood through Romania’s secret police records on her family
Conflict & Justice
‘Red shirt’ protesters plan weekend demonstration in Bangkok