Venezuela’s president has built a system in which the only people who can truly tear down his dictatorship are the ones with ...
China promotes the adoption of autocratic practices by other governments, adapting its approach to suit the local context.
That is the paradox of liberal democracy: to preserve justice, the state must defend the rights of those who would dismantle it. The alternative is a politics of selective legality, in which civil ...
By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will come to power in the next elections, ...
Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It ...
They argue the case must be viewed “in the larger context of how politicized prosecutions are used in autocracies and ...

Are We Losing

When a democracy slides toward autocracy, the leader often finds ways to neuter the legislature, turning it into a body that ...
Contrary to popular opinion, however, multipolarity is not a death sentence for the United States. In an era of declining relative U.S. power, it benefits Americans to let other capable countries ...
There is no doubt that midterm elections will take place in 2026, but it's up to states to decide just how free or fair they will be.
Many elections in the 2025 election cycle in Western New York are uncontested, revealing a concerning lack of voter choice ...
The Constitution prohibits the president from seeking a third term. The incumbent Republican keeps talking about it anyway.
Earlier this year, I wrote to a fellow parliamentarian who is a prominent supporter of the state of Israel. My purpose was to question whether the actions of its government in Gaza were prejudicial to ...