Authoritarianism

Framing geopolitics in terms of democracy and autocracy won’t necessarily help bring peace.

Three steps for exerting maximum economic pressure on Putin.

Three recent books tackle how threats to democracy have shifted in the 21st century.

Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.

As Biden’s Saudi visit showed, state-to-state shaming isn’t the only way to shift the calculus of authoritarian rulers who abuse their citizens.

A constitutional coup in a country that has long been a beacon for freedom would encourage authoritarians across the continent.

Boris Johnson’s government is partnering with an authoritarian regime in a legally questionable effort to make Britain’s asylum-seeker problem disappear.

The Serbian president’s anti-Western propaganda is coming back to haunt him.

Turkey’s president is seizing on Europe’s crisis to establish his own country’s independent power.

Of all the democracies that emerged in the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has suffered the most from Russian interference.

Until the Tokayev regime shows remorse for its brutal crackdown, the country’s reforms won’t bring progress.

If everybody is responsible for countering digital authoritarianism, no one is responsible.

The meaning of Russia’s war in Ukraine is its own national weakness.

Central Asia is about to receive its first dynastic family.

A new regional alliance is undermining Bahrain’s stability at home.

The changes, certain to pass, will let Russia house nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil.

Big Tech ignored policies that enable disinformation and propaganda across the continent.

Autocrats are on the defensive as popular protests mount—but democracy’s fate depends on leaders delivering results.

The country’s widespread popular demonstrations transcended class, region, and politics—making them distinct from those in Belarus and Ukraine.