Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.
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Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
Like a lot of authoritarian leaders, Putin is aware that a low turnout will make him look weak in the eyes of the world.
One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?
Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.
When former President Donald Trump summoned his fans to protest over what he called his imminent indictment, a scholar of democracy saw it as an autocratic move.
Neil Agget’s passionate trade unionism proved fateful. It made him a target of a brutally repressive apartheid police state.
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Professor of comparitive politics, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy, Jackson School of Public Affairs, Yale University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science, Penn State