The free world needs an alliance of democracies increasing defense spending and collaborating in mutual programs to fight ...

Three decades ago, many liberals proclaimed victory for democracy and a“rules-based international order.” But today, the ...

The coalescing partnership of autocracies led by China and Russia will impose strategic choices on Western democracies, no matter who wins the U.S. presidential election. Can the U.S. and its ...

While acknowledging that 21st-century autocracies and illiberal democracies are not a monolithic bloc, Applebaum maintains ...

Why are autocracies on the rise? In her new book, Autocracy, Inc., Pulitzer prize-winner Anne Applebaum provides an answer: there is a “network” among the world’s autocrats, who use the ...

Although they are too ideologically diverse to form official alliances or an "axis," autocratic countries share common ...

To the editor: Alan W. Dowd in the July edition of American Legion Magazine comprehensively describes the plight of world democracies countering the expansionism and exploitation of one-man rule ...

Recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon haven’t come in the form of drones or missile strikes. The weapons were already in the ...

Carter, Brett L 2023. Can Western Donors Constrain Repressive Governments? Evidence from Debt Relief Negotiations in Africa. Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 67, Issue. 6, p. 1183. Baggott Carter, ...

Through mechanisms of accountability and civic participation, democracy delivers long-term improvements in social development ...

In a recent meeting with the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in London, Applebaum drew comparisons between modern autocracies and 20th-century dictatorships, pointing to several key differences ...