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The Commonwealth Observer Group, chaired by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, witnessed the general elections in Nigeria.

Ballot boxes for the 2019 Nigerian general elections. (Commonwealth Secretariat via Flickr)

Commentary

A Lack of Security Could Undermine Elections in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

Protesters holding up a banner outside the West Kowloon Magistrates Court before the trial against 47 pro-democracy activists on February 6, 2023, in Hong Kong. (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hong Kong’s Anti-freedom Show Trials Prove Beijing’s Promises Mean Nothing

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 9, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Podcast

China Insider #9 | The Balloon Seen ’Round the World and the Boy Whose Disappearance Jolted China

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Feb 7, 2023

Podcast

The freedom to believe, or to have the government tell you what to believe? How does religious freedom fit into the bigger picture of how we understand the world around us? NTD recently sat down with Paul Marshall, distinguished professor of religious freedom at Baylor University, during the international religious freedom summit in Washington to find out more.

In the Media

China Doesn't Believe in Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Feb 7, 2023

In the Media

Rep. Chris Smith testifies in the US House of Representatives on September 28, 2022. (Screenshot via C-SPAN)

Commentary

Rep. Chris Smith Challenges Biden to Redesignate Nigeria as a Violator of Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Feb 6, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Pervez Musharraf at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Musharraf Told Pakistanis Not to Be India-Centric but Also Called India a Permanent Threat

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Feb 5, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Getty Images)

In the Media

The US Will No Longer Ignore the Fundamental Political and Ideological Differences between the Two Systems

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Feb 2, 2023

In the Media

Podcast

China Insider #8 | Mike Pompeo Never Gives an Inch, Nationalist Rhetoric from Beijing, and the Case of a Missing Boy in China

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Jan 31, 2023

Podcast

Christians pray in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on November 1, 2020. (Unsplash)

Commentary

A Surging ISIS Threat Endangers Africa’s Christians

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Jan 31, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on March 9, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Iran’s Uprising Is Doomed to Fail

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Jan 31, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom at The Hudson Institute discusses the rise in anti-Catholic violence in Nigeria, the latest on former Hong Kong bishop, Cardinal Joseph Zen, and more.

In the Media

Priests Targeted in Nigeria

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Jan 26, 2023

In the Media

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - NOVEMBER 26: Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan holds local elections to appoint mayors, councillors and magistrates in several counties on Saturday. The local elections are a litmus test for the popularity of the ruling DPP as young candidates including the grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Wan-an, seek to turn the tide. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)

Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)

Commentary

Republic of China’s 2024 Presidential Race Shaping up as Referendum on Communist China