When Donald Trump began his third run for president back in 2022, he said very explicitly that his campaign was organized around vengeance for his 2020 humiliation. "I am your retribution!" he ...

Last year, David Koranyi attended his mother's 70th birthday party back home in Hungary, but the indirect route he took highlights the autocratic rule that grips his homeland. Instead of flying ...

For years, critics — from political rivals to international observers — have drawn troubling parallels between former President Trump and authoritarian leaders, citing his rhetoric and his effort to ...

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He is America’s first elected autocrat. His appetite ...

Donald Trump's attempt to transform the country has hit a serious roadblock as he faces rising disapproval numbers, growing opposition and a fracturing coalition.

Is Trump embracing the authoritarian playbook of far-right Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán? Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele walks us through Orbán’s sudden rise to power and how the Trump ...

One of the most powerful political forces in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries was nationalism. Countries’ boundaries were negotiated or fought over and, often, once separate groups became ...

Politicians, lawyers and journalists who left behind autocratic systems in Europe, Asia and Latin America see the Trump administration employing... People who fled authoritarian regimes say Trump's ...