Authoritarianism is defined as a personality disposition marked by unquestioning obedience and respect for authority at the expense of personal autonomy, a preference for order and tradition, ...

Protests are good for the soul. As sociologist and author Zeynep Tufekci writes, they can "change the protesters ...

Last summer, the administration announced that Biden would host a “Summit for Democracy” centered on bolstering democratic political systems in the face of growing authoritarian and autocratic ...

Source: Allan Ramsay (1713–1784); National Portrait Gallery: US Public Domain July 4th is traditionally a day for Americans to celebrate our independence from an autocratic king and to reflect ...

The conventional wisdom these days is that autocracy is ascendant and democracy is on the decline. But the superficial appeal of the rise-of-autocracy thesis belies a more complex reality—and a ...

James Carville said a “shortcoming” of “Democratic politics” is “everybody has a seat at the table” when they need to be more autocratic.. The Democratic strategist joined Ryan Lizza ...

Democratic Partnerships Against Autocratic Aggression. October 17, 2023. By: Dan Negrea, and Michael Fisch. Share. Share this link on Facebook; Share this page on X (Twitter) ...

We’ve been idealizing democratic and all-inclusive leadership far too much, when the need of the hour is — and always has been — autocratic, top-down leadership.” ...

Even before 2016, Washington regularly supported autocratic governments when the prospects of finding democratic allies in a strategically important country looked slim. But the past four years marked ...

Bangladesh is in a transition phase—from autocracy to democracy. After almost 16 years of a personalistic autocracy, a ...