A striking characteristic of Russian officials has long been how they combine passionate opposition to all the West professes ...

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Donald Trump has studied the playbook of his favorite European leader. All Americans should, to see what happens when a ...

The Playbook uncovers the hidden patterns that are reshaping our world. From Russia to Hungary, India to Georgia, Coda has tracked how powerful people follow eerily similar steps to change the rules ...

This story is part of “The Playbook,” our special issue in which Coda acts as your early warning system for democracy. For seven years, we’ve tracked how freedoms erode around the world—now we’re ...

“I signed an order,” Donald Trump declared in his address to Congress this week, “making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female.” It ...

In Russia, we learn early that power corrupts absolutely, strongmen wear their worst intentions like badges of honor , and atrocities spiral from seemingly minor threats. Where I grew up, we hold ...

For the first time since comparable records began, there are fewer companies on the UK’s corporate registry. It’s a sign that anti-fraud reforms are beginning to show the first signs of a provisional ...