Natasha Lindstaedt is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. Her research interests are Authoritarian Regimes, Populism, Failed States, International Development, and ...

After the massive No Kings protests, we need bigger, more disruptive nonviolent campaigns that can go viral and peel away Donald Trump’s pillars of support. Of the many good reasons why you shouldn’t ...

This course examines the dynamics and forms of democratization in developing countries, with special emphasis on the politics of democratic transition, deepening and decline. The first part of the ...

That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Pro-democracy groups had aimed to encourage large ...

As the global autocratization crisis deepens, democracy activists have come under increasing stress. In some countries, such as South Korea, Guatemala, and Bangladesh, determined pro-democracy ...

Political parties and organizations were banned under the military governance of General Assimi Goita on 13 May. This period marks a descent into dictatorship, putting Mali’s established democracy ...

While the history books are still being written, 2024 was an incredibly pivotal year in world events. More than two billion people voted in elections in over 60 countries, setting an historical record ...

It is evident that, in the last twenty years, there has been a global decline in democracy. Numerous countries from all corners of the globe, including the United States, Brazil, Hungary, China, ...

As president, Donald Trump pretty much checks all the warning boxes for an autocrat. Last September Scientific American warned of Trump’s “nonsensical conspiracy fantasies,” that he “ignores the ...