Democracy

Former Undersecretary of Navy and Chair of Defense Policy Board discusses import of President Trump's address to active duty military leaders at Quantico.

Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This graphic offers one method.

Americans can no longer turn to their political leadership to avert the catastrophe of political violence.

The rhetorical threats Trump employed during his campaign are directly echoed in the titles and content of his second-term EOs.

The administration has turned consent decrees into a deregulatory weapon, and courts are beginning to confront the limits of that strategy.

A catalog of articles analyzing the diplomatic, political, legal, security, and humanitarian consequences of the international climate crisis.

Detailed legal analysis of federalization of DC police and the deployment of Guard, DHS and other forces.

The spectacle in DC is a warning: presidential authority is being stretched simply to grab power. History tells us that’s how liberty erodes.

At the heart of Brazil’s approach to digital constitutionalism is a legal framework that treats platform governance as essential to democracy.

When core functions of the state become warped into tools of personal enrichment or political control, ordinary people suffer. The poor and marginalized are hit hardest.

Weakening FOIA does not merely impair public knowledge — it also reduces the likelihood that abuses will be detected and deterred.

Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards.