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The Chinese Communist party’s 20th national congress opens in less than two weeks, and President Xi Jinping is widely expected to sail into a third five-year term as its leader. 

This will make him the longest-serving party chief since founding leader Mao Zedong, and is coming at a time when the Chinese government faces a daunting array of foreign and domestic challenges, most of which have been exacerbated by Xi’s own policy choices.

This is the Chinese Communist Party’s ride-or-die moment.

This week, we reflect on how the CCP's decision to bind itself to the flawed judgment of a single personality can potentially drag the entire country down with it.

Previewing Elections in the United States

Freedom House’s Election Watch team is out with a new assessment of the upcoming elections in the United States. The US has experienced a multiyear decline in its democratic norms and institutions, with growing pressure on election integrity, judicial independence, and safeguards against corruption.

Protests in Iran Are a Part of an Historic Women’s Rights Movement

As we continue to closely follow the remarkable bravery of protesters in Iran demanding their human rights following the suspicious death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, we spoke with Tala, one of our Iran experts who shares how these protests are a part of a greater women's rights movement that needs local and international support now more than ever.

New Twitter Spaces: 
Beijing’s Media Influence in Southeast Asia

The authors of our latest report, Beijing’s Global Media Influence: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience, were joined by a panel of Southeast Asia experts to discuss the report’s findings in a new Twitter Spaces event.

Invasion of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is an attack on democracy. Though the Ukrainian military has made promising advancements recently, the human toll of the war continues to mount.
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