Consolidated Power and Growing Unrest: Putin’s Russia in Summer 2020
During the summer of 2020, the Kremlin doubled down on a policy of centralized political control, provoking widespread unrest in Russia. Most recently, the Kremlin’s intervention against a popularly elected governor in the eastern province of Khabarovsk sparked a major demonstration movement that spread across the country.…
Central Asia Data Update: 2018-2020
Supplemental data collection drawing on new media sources adds 660 events to ACLED’s Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan datasets for 2018-2020. In this infographic, ACLED Central Asia and the Caucasus Research Manager Asena Karaçalti and Research Analyst Curtis Goos review the latest data.…
Lukashenko Versus Belarus: The State Against the People
Since the fraudulent presidential election in August, Belarus has seen widespread pro-democracy demonstrations. ACLED Research Analyst Josh Satre, Europe Research Manager Franklin Holcomb, and Europe Researcher Cristian Vlas chart the evolution of the protest movement.…
Demonstration Trends in the United States
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest phase of the Black Lives Matter movement, demonstrations have surged across America. Comparing US Crisis Monitor data for July and August 2020 with ACLED pilot data from the same time period in 2019, Dr.…
