Are we sleepwalking into an autocracy? We hope not, and we would be glad if the threat does not materialize. But as close observers of people and places where democracy has come under pressure and ...
TAIPEI--Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for ...
As a result, Norris argued, “America faces clear risks of accelerated institutional backsliding from electoral democracy into an electoral autocracy.” Weakened institutions, democratic ...
Political parties should introduce age limits for their leaders to ensure they do not turn into autocrats, prominent economist Anu Muhammad said today (31 January).
But Prabowo’s expansive cabinet risks undermining Indonesia's democratic trajectory, fostering a culture based on loyalty over competence and potentially endangering crucial checks and balances needed ...