Blog Post Mar 24, 2025 Enigmas What exactly is the problem here? Justin Callais on the ambiguities of corruption.
Blog Post Mar 21, 2025 Organized Crime Why do dictators keep disrupting so many other countries? Miranda Patruci─З on what China and Russia are doing in neighboring nations, developing states, and the worldтАЩs most powerful democracies.
Blog Post Mar 20, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #66 In Thailand, the government announced a third digital cash handout to тАЬstimulate the economy and drive technological adoption.тАЭ
Blog Post Mar 17, 2025 Broad Daylight How common is the corruption of public officials in the U.S.? Ben Freeman on what AmericaтАЩs тАЬauthoritarian friendsтАЭ from the Persian Gulf are doing in Washington, D.C.
Announcement Mar 17, 2025 Altered States: EditorтАЩs note Corruption is everywhere. Or so you might thinkтАФbecause narratives of corruption are everywhere.
Publication Mar 14, 2025 HRF and The Signal present Altered States Corruption is everywhere. Or so you might thinkтАФ because narratives of corruption are everywhere.
Blog Post Mar 13, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #65 In Iran, lawmakers impeached the economy minister, Abdolnaser Hemmati, following the Iranian rialтАЩs rapid collapse, with the currency plunging to 1 million per dollar.
Blog Post Mar 11, 2025 The Playbook: How SyriaтАЩs brutal Assad regime used football to maintain power Welcome to The Playbook, an explainer series from HRFтАЩs Sports & Dictators program that explores the intersection of sports and politics in authoritarian regimes and decodes the disturbing narratives behind the games we love.
Blog Post Mar 6, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #64 In Nicaragua, the regime is increasingly cracking down on civil society, imposing new financial regulations on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that require them to disclose donors and report all financial transactions тАФ further restricting their ability to operate independently.
Blog Post Feb 27, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #63 In Nigeria, financial officials are revising digital asset regulations to impose taxes on digital asset transactions on regulated exchanges.
Blog Post Feb 20, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #62 This week, we honor the loss of the late Alexei Navalny, whose bravery inspired millions of Russians to stand up against Vladimir PutinтАЩs financial, political, and social repression.
Blog Post Feb 13, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #61 This week, we highlight how authoritarian regimes are manipulating digital assets. The Central African Republic launched a government-backed meme coin that crashed spectacularly within a day of launch as regime insiders cashed out for profits, leaving the public with worthless tokens.
Blog Post Feb 10, 2025 The Playbook: How Saudi Arabia uses tennis to present a facade of womenтАЩs reforms When Saudi Arabia hosted one of the most important events in professional womenтАЩs tennis, the WomenтАЩs Tennis Association (WTA) Finals, in November, it wasnтАЩt, of course, without controversy. The New York Times put it this way:
Blog Post Feb 6, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #60 In India, the central bank has taken a significant step toward launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee. In partnership with fintech firms Mobikwik and Cred, the digital rupee is now available to 180 million users through a new тАЬeтВ╣ wallet,тАЭ a CBDC wallet app designed for public use.
Blog Post Jan 30, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #59 This week, authoritarian regimes augmented their control and monitoring of online spaces in an attempt to suppress the dissenting voices of those they have financially repressed.
Blog Post Jan 23, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #58 In Iran, officials are accused of exploiting a recent currency devaluation to profit at the publicтАЩs expense.
Blog Post Jan 16, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #57 In Burma, the military junta introduced a far-reaching cybersecurity law that criminalizes privacy tools like VPNs and mandates online platforms to store and share user data with state officials.
Blog Post Jan 11, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #56 Welcome to 2025! As the year begins, authoritarian regimes have swiftly escalated financial repression, intensifying efforts to dismantle civil society, undermine due process, and suppress dissent.
Blog Post Dec 26, 2024 Financial Freedom Report #55 In Russia, the State Duma passed sweeping amendments granting officials the ability to equate тАЬfunding extremist activitiesтАЭ with тАЬfinancing terrorism.тАЭ
Blog Post Dec 19, 2024 Authoritarian incumbents claim most of 2024 elections across Africa More than 15 national elections took place across the African continent (including North Africa) in 2024.
