America is losing a diplomatic tool the government has relied on for decades.

That’s the vibe of authoritarian parenting — strict rules, high demands and a parent-child dynamic where obedience is valued above all else. Punishments for disobedience are often harsh and ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson fights for President Trump’s favor and his own political survival while budget talks heat up.

If one were to design a path to authoritarian rule, it would be what we have seen in the first weeks of the Trump administration. For my book “No Democracy Lasts Forever,” I studied how ...

One year after Alexei Navalny’s death, the Russian opposition in exile is in deep crisis. Many in the democratic movement are ...

Carr Center Senior Fellow Justice Luis Barroso Barroso, President of the Supreme Court of Brazil. Around the world, many longstanding democracies have begun to wither, crumbling under the slow yet ...

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...

And if journalists allow this to happen, if they allow owners and large conglomerations to repress and suppress what they have to say, they are also enabling the authoritarian regime," she said.

President Trump pauses after signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Jan. 31. Many of his orders flout court rulings and laws passed by Congress. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) ...

SIMON: One point, we turn the page and you hit us with the words brave new world. Authoritarian states always come in with the promise that they will make life brighter and better, don't they?

Unlike in a full-scale dictatorship, in competitive-authoritarian regimes, opposition forces are legal and aboveground, and they often seriously vie for power. Elections may be fiercely contested.

This post is part four in a series on the struggles of recovering athletes. I’ve been writing a series of posts on the struggles of recovering athletes who endured intense training regimes ...