Right-wing and far-right leaders have won recent elections in several Latin American countries. Against the backdrop of a ...
Recent raids on LGBTQ+ associations and private homes of LGBTQ+ activists in Türkiye are more than an attack on a ...
Poland’s democratic backsliding was not preceded by voters becoming more extreme, argue Marta Kołczyńska, Maciej Sychowiec ...
When authoritarian rulers fall, their relatives often become targets for prosecution. Drawing on six African transitions, ...
Serbia's student movement is on the ballot on 25 October, but no student is a candidate. Drawing on internal documents, Sadie ...
Laura Southgate finds that democracy alone does not consistently reduce disaster impacts across Southeast Asia. A clearer ...
Voters say they value democracy, yet governments that weaken courts and watchdogs rarely pay a price. Filippo Palmieri argues ...
A fascist zeitgeist has replaced the populist one. Luca Manucci explains how, to attract voters, the contemporary far right exploits a widespread saudade for the authoritarian past. The firewall has ...
Vladyslav Butenko argues that the results of the 2026 Swedish general election – a narrow-margin win for the 'red-green' bloc – signals not so much a retreat of the far right as how completely its ...
Europeans have not stopped believing in democracy. The problem is that many do not see democracy and authoritarian rule as mutually exclusive. Asking people whether they support ‘democracy’ tells us ...
The Holy See has no army, no intelligence service and no counterterrorism capability. Yet, Shreya Nautiyal argues, Pope Leo XIV’s recent interventions in Nigeria and his push for stronger ...
Over the last decade, sexual orientation and gender identity have become more visible in some official statistics and administrative systems. Recognition remains recent and uneven, but it has made ...