Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
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Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an audience for violence. His followers went right along.
Governments across Latin America are resorting to draconian measures in an attempt to rein in surging gang violence.
One-third of Americans think that “rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their country.” Are they losing faith in democracy?
Stakeholders, whether they be policymakers, political parties, civil society or the media, must proactively pursue electoral integrity.
Rwanda’s preoccupation with security is at odds with its desire for unity.
Donald Trump stands trial – the first former president to do so – on April 15, 2024.
In the early 2000s, Jon Stewart perfected the art of ironic satire, playfully critiquing politicians, political institutions, the press and the public. What’s his role now?
The Central Asian nation has long figured among the ‘worst of the worst’ in regards to political and human rights. A new report shines light on cases of activists being seized and then going missing.
Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?
Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
Tucker Carlson’s sycophantic interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his subsequent praise for Russia’s subways, supermarkets and cheeseburgers, was not journalism. It was propaganda.
A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
The Arch of Reunification has been destroyed – reversing decades of government policy targeting eventual reunification with the South.
The German population was transformed under Nazism into a “bystander society” – even before the conditions of wartime normalised acts of excessive violence.
A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.
Mass arrests and the suspension of constitutional rights have been a feature of President Nayib Bukele’s tenure. A fresh mandate from voters will likely entrench his hardline approach.
In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
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Associate professor, London Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Durham University
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Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Research Professor, Political Science, Chr. Michelsen Institute
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
