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ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Laura Thornton Op-Ed: “Dispelling Russia’s Myths About Ukraine”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2025) — In a new op-ed, “Dispelling Russia’s Myths About Ukraine,” McCain Institute Senior Director of Global Democracy…
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ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Corban Teague Op-Ed in Providence Magazine: “Three Principles for Defending Human Rights Amid Great Power Competition”
McCain Institute Director of Human Rights & Freedom Program Corban Teague shared three principles for defending human rights as the…
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Op-Ed: What is Good Governance?
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operation are cutting government institutions and agencies to carry out the…
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Pulling Funding Means Pulling Breathing Tubes in Ukraine
Dr. James Gough is a 2022 McCain Global Leader from the United Kingdom and a former military and aid doctor.…
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ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Laura Thornton Op-Ed in Civil Georgia: “How Can the Protestors Win?”
McCain Institute Senior Director of Global Democracy Programs Laura Thornton compares democracy protest movements in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh…
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Op-ed: Supporting Freedom and a Foreign Aid Freeze are Incompatible — But Perhaps the Point? A Case Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 13, 2025) — McCain Institute Senior Director of Global Democracy Laura Thornton wrote an op-ed published by Just Security…
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ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Alexis Mrachek Op-Ed in The Hill: “3 steps for the Trump administration to target Uyghur forced labor” 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 18, 2024) – At the end of the first Trump administration, the State Department issued an atrocity…
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ICYMI: Op-Ed: The U.S. and the EU Must Take Action Against the Unconstitutional Georgian Dream Government While Supporting the Georgian People
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 9, 2024) – As Georgian people flood the streets to protest the country’s suspension of European Union accession discussions,…
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Op-Ed: President-Elect Trump Can Win the Nobel Peace Prize by Ending Global Conflicts
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2024) – In an op-ed for The Hill newspaper, McCain Institute Executive Director Dr. Evelyn Farkas writes…
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Georgia’s Elections: Path from Friendship to Isolation
On October 26, the country of Georgia held parliamentary elections, which, according to the results of the government-appointed Central Election Commission (CEC),…
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What Kara-Murza’s freedom means, and why it will make a difference
Pedro Pizano is the assistant director for the Democracy Programs of the McCain Institute. For nearly two years and four…
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ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Laura Thornton Op-Ed in The Hill, “Georgia Faces a Crucial Vote: A Future With the West or Future Allied With Russia”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEPTEMBER 6, 2024) – As election day nears in the Republic of Georgia, the McCain Institute’s Senior Director…
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