Democracy and Its Enemies

Nina L. Khrushcheva considers the implications of Liz Cheney’s primary loss for the GOP and American democracy.

Seren Selvin Korkmaz shows how an opposition alliance is threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s autocratic rule.

Sławomir Sierakowski cites many examples showing that the country’s democracy movement has been adapting and growing quickly.

Nina L. Khrushcheva says that hard-right populists no longer think they need to conceal their racism in order to gain power.

Joschka Fischer thinks we are witnessing the denouement of the Pax Americana that shaped world affairs for more than 70 years.

Richard K. Sherwin attributes the rise in mass shootings to a politically motivated unraveling of sovereign authority.

Laleh Ispahani warns that packing the federal courts with radical ideologues is a tried-and-true authoritarian tactic.

Chris Patten shows how the disgraced prime minister’s mendacious populism is shaping the race to succeed him.

Minxin Pei argues that America's greatest liability in the global struggle for democracy is the Republican Party.