Signs of public dissent have begun to grow in the United States from many different corners. People are mobilizing in the streets, in statehouses, in places of worship, and in town halls against perce...

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A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.

A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.

A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.

The day after martial law was declared in the Republic of Korea, Tom Garrett– Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence and Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks Sch...

Călin Georgescu unexpectedly won Romania's first-round presidential election. But will the second-round vote take place on December 8?

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There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?

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President Macky Sall’s previous ambiguity on a third-term bid, perception of a weaponised justice system and arbitrary detention of opposition are the drivers of political violence in Senegal.