authoritarianism

A journalist’s murder shocked the country in February, but it hasn’t led to a more independent media.

It’s reassuring to think authoritarian governments depart with their leaders. It’s also wrong.

Not everyone fighting “fake news” is doing it for the right reasons.

The EU is undermining its credibility by choosing stability over democracy in Serbia

Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.

From Nazis to Newt Gingrich, a brief survey of the many ways government-by-the-people can perish from the earth.

With Xi Jinping's great power comes great irresponsibility.

Central Europe’s populist revolt against the EU isn’t about safeguarding the West. It’s about rolling back freedoms and cozying up to Russia.

Under Sisi’s iron fist, only one candidate is allowed to run.

FP staffers learn how democracies die and why Mussolini wrote a bodice ripper.

Reagan intervened to rescue Poland from authoritarianism. Trump should do the same thing.

A new global survey finds that right-of-center ideology and education affect support for democracy.

Is the president looking more like a dictator after six months in the White House?

America still does.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t just win his constitutional referendum — he permanently closed a chapter of his country’s modern history.

Jokes can stop a society’s slide into dictatorship — but not if they focus on the vanities and quirks of the would-be dictators.

Many young liberals in the United States are calling Trump's election the rise of authoritarianism. But what do their counterparts in the former Eastern Bloc have to say?

Joseph Kabila isn’t preparing for new elections to pick a successor. He’s steeling himself for massive popular unrest by stocking up on riot gear and water cannons.

The tyrant of Uzbekistan assassinated his enemies, jailed anyone who spoke against him, and crushed human rights. Why did America so willingly look the other way?

North Korea has a new video streaming service for viewers to surf TV channels or re-watch documentaries about the country's leaders.