
Israel’s democratic unravelling
The judicial overhaul is just the first step in the far-right government’s plan to transform the country.
ByThe judicial overhaul is just the first step in the far-right government’s plan to transform the country.
ByNeocolonialism is giving birth to a wretched authoritarianism.
ByThe former Brexit secretary on Britain’s authoritarian turn and why the UK will never leave the European Convention on Human…
ByAt the turn of the century, Western leaders claimed progress was inevitable. Yet events have contradicted this “faith”.
ByAs the French president endures weekly protests, Gérald Darmanin has emerged as his most prominent law and order hard-liner.
ByThe government’s sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism.
ByBenjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is eroding checks and balances on power.
ByNorth Korea’s leader has started his second decade in power with a slew of missile tests and revealed his young…
ByThere is a Russia that is not Putin. The West should seek to build bridges with these Russians, not cut…
ByThe Hungarian leader’s declaration of a state of emergency will allow him to ignore inconvenient restrictions.
ByAuthoritarians and autocrats continue to flourish despite a long parade of inadequacy. Can liberal democracy strike back?
ByAs the Russian president’s war on Ukraine enters its fourth week, he has begun to threaten his own citizens.
ByThe Moscow-based correspondent on his decision to depart the country amid war, media clampdown and rumours of martial law.
ByOnly democracy provides the accurate feedback that strong political and economic systems depend on.
ByThe two leaders have much in common, including their embrace of grievance politics.
ByDemocracy is a battle of ideas, but one that depends on treating opponents as legitimate adversaries not treasonous enemies.
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