Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide ...

From his wildly popular podcast to the No. 2 post at the F.B.I., Dan Bongino joins Kash Patel, President Trump’s former ...

Hoelscher, who served as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during Trump's first term, is chair ...

Our data on security force personalization in autocracies indicates that when leaders put loyalists in charge of security forces, removing these leaders from power peacefully through elections or ...

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed to hold anyone involved in harming civilians accountable after days of clashes where ...

Repressing dissent – and democracy When leaders put loyalists in charge of the men with guns, it becomes easier to repress opposition from citizens, political figures and any dissenting military ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against ...

Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past ...

UVF chief-of-staff walks his dog without a care in the world — as his paramilitary empire in east Belfast was on the verge of ...