Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen talks to us about how the rule of the people becomes the rule of the one, the role of the media, and what we can learn about the building blocks of autocracy ...

Applebaum: There are signs of autocracy in the growth of dark money and the lack of transparency in politics. Sheldon Whitehouse: This is a beast that is stalking America’s political landscape.

Is the United States headed toward autocracy?That's a question prompted by a steady stream of executive orders seeking to consolidate power in the White House and upend long held policies and ...

Voters may turn to autocracy for promises of a better life, but, at least with regard to health, those expectations are not fulfilled. Life expectancy has declined 2 percent on average in former ...

We don’t need to invoke the abstraction of autocracy to explain Russia’s desire to neutralize Ukraine. Share. Resize. Listen (1 min) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dec. 30, 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses as he delivers a New Year's address to the nation at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don on December 31, 2022.

Anne Applebaum's new book, "Autocracy, Inc.," examines how autocracies are gaining power, and what they’re doing with that power. William Brangham sat down with Applebaum to discuss more.

She’s a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and co-host of Autocracy in America. Her co-host is Peter Pomerantsev, a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and a ...

Since Donald Trump’s election victory, we have witnessed striking accommodations to his narrow win and mandate — what has been called anticipatory obedience.. Are we sleepwalking into an ...

Autocracy and ‘enemy from within’ are thrust to center of campaign’s final days. Vice President Kamala Harris has a major rally planned on the Ellipse on Tuesday to highlight the Jan. 6 ...