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

This mindset – a precursor to fascist regimes in other countries – is why it feels like a white-wash to ascribe Trump’s ...

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

Over the course of his time in office, the light of Biden’s pro-democracy fire has dimmed. Neither Harris nor Trump appear ...

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 ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has a major rally planned on the Ellipse on Tuesday to highlight the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and Donald Trump’s approach to power.

Last month, for the first time in 14 years, Tunisia held a sham presidential election, marked by extensive manipulation and repression. The incumbent, President Kais Saied, announced that he had won ...

TAIPEI--Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for ...

Something similar can be said about her latest offering, Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. In a few ...

During her 2024 presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly attacked Donald Trump as an authoritarian who openly praised far-right Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and promised ...

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 ...