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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

I met with a government official preparing to resign and told him I was writing a book about the rise of authoritarian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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