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 ...

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 ...

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.) ...

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

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

According to V-Dem, the world now has fewer democracies than autocracies for the first time in over 20 years. Approximately 72% of the world population now lives in autocratic states, the highest ...

Autocracies around the world have become increasingly mutually reinforcing in their competition with democratic societies, Pulitzer Prize winning U.S. journalist and historian Anne Applebaum said ...

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Anne Applebaum: I’d hesitate to make any predictions about Russia’s long-term future. Not only do we not know who might succeed Putin, but we also don't know how that successor would be chosen ...