In recent times, the world has borne witness to heinous acts of violence and aggression committed by authoritarian regimes. The actions of Hamas in Israel, supported by Iran, and Russia’s activities ...

It fell to others to reflect on the costs of maintaining the myth of “Mussolinian miracle-working,” as Tullio Cianetti, a ...

Three stages of autocratic transformation My analysis of stages of autocratization and democratization draws on a conceptual framework formalized by Hungarian political scientists Bálint Madlovics and ...

Jonas Gamso does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in February. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images) As described in the Oct. 24 front-page article “China’s Xi ...

DALLAS (AP) — Hungary’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged cheering American conservatives on Thursday to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and ...

Narcissism does afflict autocratic leaders, according to research. Democracy researchers report that more than ‎one-third of the world’s population today lives under authoritarian rule. Autocratic ...

And he may have just shown his hand.

This is in response to Ms. Alice Wilder's March 9 letter to the Enterprise. Although I have no personal evidence, she and I can agree that there is the appearance of waste, fraud and abuse in our ...

As Ray Dalio, founder of the largest hedge fund in the world, writes in his book of management principles: “Even the most benevolent leaders are prone to becoming more autocratic, if for no other ...

President Donald Trump began his second presidential term with an autocratic offensive aimed at consolidating power in his hands while bending public and private institutions to his will. But 10 ...