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The European Commission has proposed harmonizing national criminal laws against corruption and increasing anti-corruption penalties across the European Union. But some Eastern European member states, like Hungary, Poland and Romania, have bristled against the EU interfering in their national practices.

The ban on TikTok in some countries was based on concerns about data collection by the Chinese-owned social media app and its potential threat to national security.

Something strange is happening in liberal democracies’ relationship with social media platforms—specifically with TikTok, which is being banned or threatened with bans in democracies around the world. It is commonplace for authoritarian regimes to ban such platforms, but this is relatively new and dangerous territory for democracies.

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It’s hard to imagine that Paraguay’s elections would have repercussions for China, or that Taiwan’s status would be of interest to Paraguayan voters. But that is exactly what just occurred Sunday, when one of the top issues in Paraguay’s elections was whether or not to end diplomatic relations with Taiwan and establish them with China.

As China's Meituan faces scrutiny over its treatment of workers in the food delivery sector, the company's role in the country's burgeoning tourism industry raises questions about the future of worker's rights in China's rapidly changing economy.

China’s delivery economy has exploded since the pandemic. With more and more purchases just a fingertip away, the convenience of the delivery apps has enticed shoppers and drivers alike. But with the change in shopping habits, the tough conditions faced by the gig workers that keep the system running have become more prominent.

Mexico has been grappling with the impact of the United States' Title 42 policy, which has led to increased border control measures and restrictions on asylum seekers, highlighting the ongoing challenges of managing immigration policies and their effects on communities in both countries.

The Western Hemisphere is experiencing increased migration, driven by repression, persecution, crime, conflict, poverty and the climate emergency. But thousands of migrants are caught between Washington’s continued closure of the southern border to most asylum-seekers and the dangers they face on the Mexican side of the border.

The ongoing conflict in Sudan, fueled by a decades-long civil war, has created a humanitarian crisis in which the Rapid Support Forces have been accused of numerous human rights abuses, highlighting the ongoing struggle to establish a stable democracy in the country.

Few conflicts have been predicted by so many observers, so far in advance, as the fighting that erupted on April 15 in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Almost every external and domestic powerbroker that has exerted influence over Sudan’s development over the past four decades shares in the blame for this devastating cycle of violence.

The recent elections in Zimbabwe have been marred by accusations of human rights violations, casting a shadow over the country's political and economic future.

Zimbabwe is expected to hold its second general election this year since a military coup ousted dictator Robert Mugabe in 2017. But while Mugabe’s ouster gave way to cautious optimism about a new dawn in the country’s post-independence affairs, the hope for a more peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe has all but evaporated.

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The China that is reemerging onto the world stage after its multiyear pandemic shutdown is very different than the one that launched the Belt and Road Initiative a decade ago. Beijing seems interested in reshaping its role as an international development partner. The results of those efforts could transform global development itself.

Netflix's decision to cast a mixed-race actress as Cleopatra sparked controversy and accusations of racism, bringing attention to the ongoing debates around representation and politics in the Middle East and beyond.

A controversy over a Netflix docudrama about Cleopatra escalated last week, when the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities asserted that Cleopatra was fair-skinned. The statement capped two weeks of debate about her ethnicity, after Netflix cast a mixed-race British actress in the leading role for “Queen Cleopatra.”

Algeria's economy has been affected by its politics, and the country has been a source of migrations and refugees to Europe, as the continent struggles to deal with the influx of people seeking a better life and the challenges of promoting democracy in the region.

On March 21, nine Algerian migrants died when the boat taking them to Italy capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. The tragedy highlights the cost of migration, which is not limited to lives lost. The highly publicized reports of migrant deaths have increasingly shaped a vision of migration as a symptom of a broader social tragedy.

During the recent elections in Sierra Leone, the country's economy played a significant role in shaping voters' decisions, as they weighed the ruling party's performance against the promises of the opposition party to improve the country's democratic institutions ultimately, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) emerged victorious.

On June 24, Sierra Leone’s voters will go to the polls to elect their next president and parliamentary representatives, with the economy at the forefront of their minds. Indeed, despite ethno-regional loyalties that have historically shaped voting patterns, concerns over the economy are likely to determine the election’s outcome.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being seen as a potential driver of economic growth in Latin America, with many governments in the region prioritizing investments in AI and related technologies to help modernize their economies and stay competitive in global markets, while debates around the ethical and political implications of AI continue to shape the discourse around its adoption.

In the U.S. and Europe, the rapid emergence of AI applications like ChatGPT has catalyzed a debate over their implications for the future of work. These concerns are far lower down on Latin America’s agenda. But in a region of stark economic inequality, AI threatens to exacerbate that divide and the political tensions that come with it.

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