Please join The Impossible State podcast for a timely discussion on President Trump and the autocratic axis. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and will feature Dr. Patricia Kim, ...

Autocratic change unfolds through three broad stages: an autocratic attempt, when an aspiring autocrat uses their elected office to try to consolidate power; an autocratic breakthrough, when they ...

Former president Donald Trump met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday, continuing his embrace of autocratic world leaders as he seeks reelection for the American presidency. Orban’s ...

For Millennia exile has been a way for critics to escape the iron fist of tyrants and for regimes to silence naysayers. Yet the way authoritarian regimes interact with dissenting opinions abroad is ...

“If you have a smart president, they’re not enemies,” former president Donald Trump said about Russia, China and North Korea at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., last month. “You’ll make them do ...

To a casual observer, Donald Trump’s claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating cats and dogs seemed like a bizarre or mistaken claim that ultimately fueled millions of memes, jokes, ...

There are things we all can do to push back against and mitigate the autocratic turn our nation has taken. The Supreme Court announced a fast-track argument schedule in the most consequential voting ...

Our democratic society seems to be rapidly devolving into autocracy, and we need to think about what life will be like living in it. This new MAGA regime could be in control for perhaps a long time or ...

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Georgia’s ruling party attempted to pass a controversial bill on “foreign agents” in March 2023. The law would have required civil society groups and the media to register as being “under foreign ...

BIANNA GOLODRYGA, SENIOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Well, next, in a momentous deal struck between Moscow and several western nations, the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War happened last week.