Authoritarianism
With parliamentary elections looming, Serbia’s political crisis has come to a head amid the economic fallout from the pandemic.
Read moreAs Vladimir Putin’s regime descends into dictatorship, Russia’s beleaguered independent media are fighting for survival.
Read moreHannah Arendt work holds lessons on reinvigorating democracy in a time of corroded trust in political institutions, an emboldened far right, and ecological breakdown.
Read moreEce Temelkuran warns of the signs of creeping authoritarianism.
Read moreThe government has exploited cultural issues to the detriment of democratic rights and norms, putting already vulnerable groups further at risk.
Read moreThe EU and the US have to navigate bilateral differences and work with like-minded countries to formulate a response to China’s techno-authoritarianism.
Read moreOrbán and the Hungarian elite are quietly stripping smallholders of their lands to strengthen their grip on power.
Read moreUCL assistant professor Brian Klaas discusses the West’s role in global democratic decline and what should be done to reverse this trend.
Read moreSince the crash of Polish President Lech Kaczyński’s plane in 2010, a period of renewed nationalism centred around Catholicism, conservatism, and an ‘us’ versus ‘them’ mentality has taken hold in Poland. This wave of populism has led to an increase in division and violence.
Read moreStories about the Great War are usually confined to a national perspective. The war of 1914-918, which decimated a whole generation of Europe’s population and marked those who survived for life, is hardly ever commemorated jointly. This ought to change.
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