Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself, says 'Atlantic' writer NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic" about her latest cover story ...

Anne Applebaum's new book, "Autocracy, Inc.," examines how autocracies are gaining power, and what they’re doing with that power. William Brangham sat down with Applebaum to discuss more.

Governments, even democratic ones, are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest. That is what we found when looking into ...

For nearly half a decade, you could be forgiven for thinking just about everything in Western democracy seemed a bit broken. But three years after Covid-19’s emergence, the fallacy that ...

Faced with a coalescing partnership between four autocracies—Russia, China, Iran and North Korea—the U.S. and its allies are weighing whether to confront them all at once, or seek accommodations.

There were more autocracies than democracies around the world last year, an analysis shows. The number of people living in “autocratizing” countries comprises 40% of the world’s population ...

While acknowledging that 21st-century autocracies and illiberal democracies are not a monolithic bloc, Applebaum maintains that they work together opportunistically, ...

IDEAS Crazy rich autocracies: What are they doing better than democracies? Some authoritarian regimes have figured out open economies, social safety nets, and how to make their people feel more ...

China’s rise and democratic backsliding in other countries are making a mockery of Europe’s efforts to spread its values through trade.

Democracies are more likely than autocracies to maintain universal health coverage, even amid economic recessions, when access to affordable, effective health services matters most.

Alan W. Dowd in The American Legion Magazine of July 2024 comprehensively describes the plight of world democracies countering the expansionism and exploitation of one-man rule autocracies.

All are autocracies that repress dissent through imprisonment and death. (In an early instance of cooperation, China helped Iran shut down its internet during pro-democracy protests 15 years ago.) ...