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Don’t Get Sucked into Putin’s Ukraine Corruption Propaganda
On November 11, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) revealed one of the largest embezzlement schemes in the country’s post-1991 history. Based on…
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Beyond Xinjiang: How China’s Repression Reaches Across Borders
In May 2025, 23-year-old Yerzhanat Abai fled China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region seeking refuge in neighboring Kazakhstan. Instead, Kazakh authorities…
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Children Behind Bars: The Plight of Juvenile Political Prisoners
At age fifteen, Russian teenager Arseny Turbin did not understand what he had done wrong. How could he? After all,…
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The State of Politics in the US and the Role of Leadership in Polarized Times
Vira Konstantynova is a 2025 McCain Global Leader from Ukraine. She is a Ukrainian foreign policy and international security expert,…
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Strength of Character – A McCain Leadership Experience
Ajay Krishnan is a 2025 McCain Global Leader from India. He is a former Navy fighter pilot who has excelled…
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Honoring McCain’s Legacy Through Leadership, Character, and Service
Lieutenant (LT) James Eggers is a 2025 McCain Global Leader. Eggers is an officer in the United States Coast Guard,…
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Rebuilding Confidence in American Institutions
This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Abigail Bergan is…
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Eight Months On: Advancing Jesús’s Case Before the UN
Marilena Stegbauer is a 2023 McCain Global Leader from Germany and an international lawyer based in London. She is part…
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Europe’s War of Identity and Memory
Russian aggression is driving the erasure of the Soviet legacy and is redefining national identities. This blog is part of…
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Uncovering Evil: Illegal Organ Harvesting in China and the 2025 “Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act”
This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Jillian Proshan is…
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Following the Money: How Financial Evidence is Shaping Human Trafficking Prosecutions
This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Jillian Proshan is…
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Whispers of Memory, Echoes of Resolve
Gor Badalyan is a 2024 McCain Global Leader from Armenia. Members of the 2024 McCain Global Leaders cohort visited Auschwitz-Birkenau…
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