Tag: authoritarianism

Bukele, who describes himself as the 'coolest dictator in the world,' posted on X, 'oops…too late.'

Trump is … rebuilding the American state according to his authoritarian ideas in record time.

Where are the famous checks and balances teachers try so hard to explain to their students?

This effort evokes the hunt for communists and homosexuals after World War II.

America had been deeply involved in Pakistan’s internal political matters, mostly propping up authoritarian regimes.

We tend to forget that the construction of democracy has to do with historical processes.

Authoritarian aggression has nothing to do with the righting of historical injustices.

Before the Biden administration lectures others, it should first put its own house in order.

[I]f the American administration truly wants to take the lead in the fight for global democracy ... it must first defeat the threat posed by its own far right.

The virus of nihilism (and of denialism) does not come from China. It is created and transmitted locally.

Rarely has the opposition of two antagonistic blocs competing for hegemony over the rest of the globe been so openly on display.