Former President Barack Obama sounded the alarm on Donald Trump and his administration in a speech he delivered in ...

Anne Applebaum's new book, "Autocracy, Inc.," examines how autocracies are gaining power, and what they’re doing with that power. William Brangham sat down with Applebaum to discuss more.

The event on Tuesday marked a rare public appearance for the former president, who has largely avoided the public eye since ...

United by little more than a hatred of the US-led world order, Russia, China and North Korea are in no doubt that the attacks ...

Former President Barack Obama warned that the United States is "dangerously close" to be "consistent with autocracies" under ...

In rare public remarks, the former president said recent actions from the administration are “not consistent with American democracy.” ...

Faced with a coalescing partnership between four autocracies—Russia, China, Iran and North Korea—the U.S. and its allies are weighing whether to confront them all at once, or seek accommodations.

Governments, even democratic ones, are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest. That is what we found when looking into ...

There were more autocracies than democracies around the world last year, an analysis shows. The number of people living in “autocratizing” countries comprises 40% of the world’s population ...

Democracies are more likely than autocracies to maintain universal health coverage, even amid economic recessions, when access to affordable, effective health services matters most.

All are autocracies that repress dissent through imprisonment and death. (In an early instance of cooperation, China helped Iran shut down its internet during pro-democracy protests 15 years ago.) ...

Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, cautioning that the country is ...