Viktor Orban expelled Central European University from Hungary. Now, Donald Trump is re-creating his playbook.

At first glance, the Bill might appear a wonkish set of amendments to existing public accountability laws. Indeed, it is the ...

Mexico is a relatively young democracy that emerged from single-party rule less than three decades ago. Under Mr. López ...

A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.

Embracing the playbook of ruthless dictators such as Putin and Orbán, Trump expands presidential power, wages war on the rule of law  and dismantles democratic institutions, especially those that ...

Explore the dark authority and aggressive nationalism shaping Hungary's illiberal democracy through a personal narrative and ...

A razor-thin victory for the national-conservative Law and Justice Party reveals deep societal divisions and a broader ...

Sunday’s second round of the Polish presidential election feels like a clash between democratic values and nationalist ...

She described Orbán as openly wanting to overthrow the concept of Western democracy and replace it with what he has referred to as "illiberal democracy" or "Christian Democracy." Richardson said ...

The strategy for establishing an American version of Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” is not spelled out in any particular chapter of Mandate. Rather, it is woven throughout the whole of the ...

But none of them were “illiberal” in the way that an everyday ... Even in a changed world order, American democracy looks reasonably robust. I’ve always been a profound skeptic of full ...

The characters regarded as people to emulate, like Orbán and Putin and so on, all indicate that the strategy is to create an illiberal democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman ...