Tag: Authoritarianism

500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures

Elections 2024: “What is at stake is bigger than party and personal fortunes” ‘It is about public spiritedness and human rights’ * ‘Inequality is wired into our business

Scholars say countries across the globe are experiencing a rise in autocratic rule, with declines in democratic ideals and practice

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey, and Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary, are two leaders who have consolidated power using a similar playbook.

Our imperfections allow racism, hatred, evil, oppression, authoritarianism, war to float in the ether. The problem is that just like the police officers and Redcoats, we have the

The question after Ukraine’s experience is whether the US is more interested in an economics-based approach to foreign policy or a principles-based approach

  By Ken Hughes

Breakfast with Bwana

  The focus on building democracy should be on more intermediary outcomes, which can serve as building blocks for longer term democratic renewal

The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands

  Americans can survive a second Trump term if they resurrect a language of critique and possibility that draws from history U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a

  The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow

Interview: Singfat Chu – Professor of Analytics, National University of Singapore

Look around and most indicators in our society suggest that there is something going wrong