Yet Applebaum argues that their elites share a determination to preserve their "wealth and power", and are thus united not by ...

In the second episode of Autocracy in America, a new five-part series about authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States, hosts Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev examine the case ...

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Love seems scarce again today as autocracy spreads across the globe, and our vision is veiled by the fog of disinformation and the heat of enmity. Authoritarian leaders seek to break bonds of ...

Why are autocracies on the rise? In her new book, Autocracy, Inc., Pulitzer prize-winner Anne Applebaum provides an answer: there is a “network” among the world’s autocrats, who use the ...

Putin's Russia and Xi's China are, of course, also in the mix. In Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc., released July 24, the journalist, historian, and senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns ...

Human rights defenders across the continent are on the forefront, fighting an uphill battle against these entwined forces of local tyranny and international autocracy. Their struggle is not just a ...

In an eye-opening and much acclaimed new book, Autocracy Inc., celebrated journalist and author Anne Applebaum writes: “There is no liberal world order anymore, and the aspiration to create one ...

It said India had become an "electoral autocracy". And last month, India, described as a "flawed democracy", slipped two places to 53rd position in the latest Democracy Index published by The ...

Reference is made to editorial “Democracy v autocracy” (Sep 1), drawing from Dr. Bertie Ramcharan’s thesis on ‘shades of autocracy’. These concepts are primarily of interest to academics ...

In a new podcast, hosts Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev illuminate democracy’s long-standing vulnerabilities and highlight America’s transition away from democracy and toward autocracy.