Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

Everyone else (82-176) is some version of hybrid or autocracy. Suffice it to say, the United States has not done itself proud, placing # 36 at the top of the Deficient Democracy list. It is a poor and ...

1) Do not normalize. When the autocrat’s speech and behavior are outside the norm and are unacceptable, say so.

Surveys show that Trump’s supporters don’t just tolerate his autocratic tendencies. They positively like them.

We’re in a conflicted period of apathy and imperial decline, alternating with working-class rage and then aggressive lunges, like supporting Israel’s expanding bloody wars.

They want to know there is someone who cares for their needs and will fix their failing country. Donald Trump listened and ...

In the United States, support for the spread of freedom and democracy around the world has not reflected any partisan ...

Americans have re-elected Donald Trump, choosing a convicted demagogue who champions power over principle. This historic turn raises a sobering question: Is the West’s beacon of democracy slipping ...

Despite the middle class's reputation as a champion of democracy, Bryn Rosenfeld argued that in these countries, the middle class itself favoured autocracy, citing a mutually beneficial arrangement ...

Experts in authoritarianism insist that Trump’s dictatorial threats need to be taken with gravity because he’s already done ...

We are poised to relive that whole plunge into scientific darkness. Forget about Mars, folks, we are headed back to ...

I met with a government official preparing to resign and told him I was writing a book about the rise of authoritarian nationalism. “The nationalism in the U.S. and Europe is somewhat different,” he ...