The world has just experienced a watershed year for populist politics, with antiestablishment challengers winning elections and illiberal regimes modeling an alternative, says expert Yascha Mounk.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings, raising human rights concerns, says expert John Gershman in this interview.

Afghanistan’s unity government has made progress on reform but remains dogged by endemic corruption and a resilient insurgency.

South Sudan’s civil war is the result of a weakly institutionalized state and may require the African Union’s intervention to find peace and stability, says expert Alex de Waal.

The recent rise in Islamist violence in Bangladesh is caught up in a polarizing political debate over the country’s identity.