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

The move is a reflection of a long-standing DOJ position that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, a position cited ...

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

One of the most immediate consequences of reduced attention to other conflicts is the worsening humanitarian crisis. Funding ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

Autocracy in America is produced by The Atlantic and made possible with support from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, an academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening ...

First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent.” —Philosopher Bertrand Russell explaining the rise of ...

In the U.S., there are strong indications that American voters continue to turn inward. A recent Morning Consult poll found ...

In the Asian country, which is about to reach 300 million inhabitants and will become the world's fourth largest economy by ...