Authoritarianism

Might the Turkish Electorate Be Ready to Say Goodbye to Erdoğan After Two Decades in Power?

by Kemal Kirişci and Berk Esen

Nov 22nd, 2021

When US Security and Democracy Interests Clash

by Thomas Carothers and Benjamin Press

Nov 18th, 2021

Abuse of Interpol for Transnational Repression: Assessing the FY22 NDAA’s Provisions for Prevention

by Ted R. Bromund and Jonathan Reich

Nov 10th, 2021

An Undefined Defining Moment: Marking 20 Years of Counterterrorism Without Ever Agreeing What Terrorism Is

by Eric Rosand

Nov 4th, 2021

Appetite for Obstruction: How Autocrats Subvert Democracy’s Infrastructure

by Christopher Walker

Oct 14th, 2021

Closing Pandora’s Box

by Joshua Rudolph

Oct 7th, 2021

International Human Rights Fact-Finding in Hostile Environments

by Daniela Gavshon and Emily Rice

Oct 1st, 2021

World Bank’s “Doing Business Index,” a Thorn for Kleptocrats, Must Be Protected

by Anders Åslund

Sep 30th, 2021

System Rivalry: How Democracies Must Compete with Digital Authoritarians

by Ambassador (ret.) Eileen Donahoe

Sep 27th, 2021

The Last Days in Afghanistan Should Not Deter Biden from Looking Beyond the 9/11 Paradigm

by Jason S. Calder

Sep 22nd, 2021

Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law

by Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Sep 8th, 2021

In Afghanistan, Lest We Forget

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Aug 16th, 2021

A Fresh Approach: Local Thinking Should Shape the G7’s New Plan to Compete With China

by James Jennion

Aug 12th, 2021

`In Today’s Belarus, Living Outside of Politics is No Longer an Option’

by Tatyana Margolin

Aug 9th, 2021

How to Put Lukashenka in His Place

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Aug 4th, 2021

Can Belarus Be Free? Yes, But the West Will Need to Show More Resolve – and Less Fear of Putin

by Eric Chenoweth and Irena Lasota

Jul 19th, 2021

Taiwan vs. Tyranny: The US Must Redouble Its Commitment to Secure this Shining Hill of Democracy in East Asia

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Mariana Budjeryn

Jul 8th, 2021

America’s Democracy Moment

by Maria J. Stephan

Jul 1st, 2021

A Pending Decision Pits Peace vs. Democracy in the Philippines

by Rob Jenkins

Jun 3rd, 2021

High-Level US Attention Needed for a Backsliding Democracy in Central Asia

by Erica Marat

Apr 22nd, 2021

Belarus Jailing of Journalists for Reporting on Peaceful Protest Violates International Law

by Lauren Kelly-Jones

Apr 22nd, 2021

China’s Dystopian “New IP” Plan Shows Need for Renewed US Commitment to Internet Governance

by Mark Montgomery and Theo Lebryk

Apr 13th, 2021

Corruption Is a National Security Threat. The CROOK Act Is a Smart Way to Fight It.

by Senator Roger F. Wicker and Senator Ben Cardin

Mar 23rd, 2021

The Fight Against Kleptocracy Should Look Beyond the West

by Eguiar Lizundia

Mar 22nd, 2021