| 单词 | autocracy |
| 例句 | She won then, tipping the scales of studio autocracy and strengthening a California labor statute. At 101, a Survivor of Hollywood’s Golden Age Throws Down the Gauntlet 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z New technology doesn’t seem to create jobs, it creates a revolving table of autocracies where it’s winner takes all and each new acquisition means more money going to fewer numbers of acquired employees. Tech Is Eating Jobs But At Slush Nobody Cares 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z With France still troubled, Prussia relatively weak, Russia mostly quiescent and Britain anxious to avoid more continental entanglement, it fell to Metternich to guard European autocracy against change and insurrection. Reactionary days 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Because the Rude Mechs operate as a consensus democracy, with forays into a sort of ardent autocracy, there is no hierarchy, no decider. Many Methods to Collaborative Madness 2011-02-23T00:23:36Z “It’s much harder to be a dissident on LinkedIn, or to spread awareness about autocracy,” Mr. Thompson said. Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Security isn’t just a concern in Middle East autocracies, or for would-be revolutionaries. Noticed: For Activists, Tips on Safe Use of Social Media 2011-04-01T23:38:51Z The Harvard professor emeritus Richard Pipes has written that Karamzin believed his country “thrived under autocracy” and suggested Mr. Putin might be an admirer. ArtsBeat: Russia for Beginners: A Literary Course for Edward Snowden 2013-07-25T23:16:45Z In this clear-eyed chronicle of Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Saddam Hussein, Davis asks important questions about the development of democracy and its flip side, autocracy. Best children’s books of 2020 reveal a growing diversity 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Now, here we are, lapsing into autocracy, in the midst of a potentially chaotic and assuredly contested election and on the cusp of what could be a constitutional crisis. Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z You visited essentially the ghost of autocracy future for America. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "Although punk's democracy stands in opposition to fashion's autocracy, designers continue to appropriate punk's aesthetic vocabulary to capture its youthful rebelliousness and aggressive forcefulness," Bolton said. New York's Met Museum celebrates punk's influence on fashion 2013-05-07T05:30:27Z Kant's optimism about the public use of reason was so great, it surpassed any worry of autocracy. Why "free speech" needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trumpist tweets 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z It would also be a devastating refutation of the Putin regime’s contention that bellicose autocracy is the best way of running a large ex-Soviet Slavic country. Keeping hope alive 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The story of the 2011 Arab Spring and its slide into autocracy and civil war, beautifully told by a veteran correspondent. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Kunzru’s work as a journalist, including two recent and indispensable essays in The New York Review of Books on the web-fueled rise of contemporary autocracy, shows he’s a shrewd and unsparing observer of recent politics. Afraid of a Lurking Evil, a Writer Goes Down the Rabbit Hole 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z What you're seeing in Hungary is not an autocracy, but it's a slide away from democracy and that's the dangerous place to be. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In effect, it constitutes the end of the Russian concept of religious autocracy. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But it’s not as if aspiring autocrats declare when it’s time for autocracy; instead they resort to their crude repertoire, inciting bigotry, agitating for “law and order” and subjecting immigrants to gratuitous cruelty. In ‘Surviving Autocracy,’ Masha Gessen Tells Us to Face the Facts 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The ad, with its contempt for political dissent, its lust for power, and its visceral blood thirst, goes down like an appeal for autocracy. From Grunt Style to “Warcore,” Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Take a good, hard look at the region and it’s obvious that Washington mainly supports the interests of Israel, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s military dictator, and various Gulf State autocracies. Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z “Right now, you see this increasingly autocratic government in Turkey, and one of the things it wants to do is ban Twitter, because it knows that Twitter is the opposite of autocracy.” Scene City: PEN American Center Literary Gala Celebrates Writers 2014-05-07T23:10:30Z What Müller calls “intraparty autocracy” tends to be a red flag, signaling “a profound aversion to the idea that the other side could possibly be right, for no other side is admitted to begin with.” Democracy Is for Losers (and Why That’s a Good Thing) 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The book is largely based on previous work, including a characterization of Russian autocracy as “patrimonial” — the state as the personal domain of the czar — most closely associated with the historian Richard Pipes. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z There are "Star Wars" fans who crave autocracy and would love to vote a strongman into office. "The Mandalorian" shows how a naive reliance on the goodness of democracy can lead the dark side 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Secular voters fear that Mubarak's autocracy will be replaced by an Islamic one. Warda gave us a soundtrack for the Arab spring 2012-05-21T12:40:01Z David Frum, a speechwriter to George W Bush, wrote a much-noticed essay for the Atlantic titled, “How to build an autocracy”. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z That is because the United States is not an autocracy with a national oil company, but a vast network of hundreds of small producers making their own decisions and taking their own risks. The Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is Geopolitics 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z We're seeing a very slow erosion of democracy and the creeping rise of autocracy and fascism. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “In the long term, Russia moves between autocracy and liberalization,” he said. How Stalin’s Control of Foreign Reporters Helped Shape Russia Coverage Today 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z In his fiction and his journalism, Cooper resisted autocracy and championed democratic values. James Fenimore Cooper — not just your grandpa’s favorite author 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In the end, the open-air prison of the tsarist autocracy collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. Prison without a roof 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z You write quite stirringly about your experiences in Ethiopia and other countries living under autocracy. Brewing a "Coffeehouse Resistance": Hopeful activism that's organized and energized 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z For me, though, it represents a kind of victory, over precisely the sort of theocratic autocracy Bin Laden and his successors represent. Osama bin Laden's bookshelf revealed: What you can learn from his reading list 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Now Klepper is traveling to the ghost of autocracy's future as he heads to Hungary in his new TV special for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z I think people have a hard time thinking of what does autocracy look like. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z If the plan works, at best it would transform Saudi Arabia into a technologically advanced society controlled by a slightly more tolerant religious autocracy. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z In the same square where crowds once celebrated the end of autocracy, thousands gathered to cheer for the general who had removed Egypt’s first fairly-elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian-American Filmmaker Captures Cairo’s Arab Spring 2014-02-07T23:01:46Z Naturally the television service couldn’t have predicted that “The Dictator’s Playbook” would be airing during an intense period that finds America teetering on the edge of autocracy. Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom," "Corporate" returns, and "The Dictator's Playbook" on PBS 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z It treated his campaign like entertainment, rather than a prelude to autocracy. Perspective | They may be at odds now. But Trump and CNN’s Jeff Zucker have always had one thing in common. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z "Although punk's democracy stands in opposition to fashion's autocracy, designers continue to appropriate punk's aesthetic vocabulary to capture its youthful rebelliousness and aggressive forcefulness," said Bolton. Punk fashion celebrated at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-02-11T19:42:30Z But a crescent of war, violence or brittle autocracy runs from the Middle East to western China. Brilliant threads 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z In the film, Phogat is shown as a towering figure who combines patriarchal autocracy with tender affection bordering on sentimentalism: he is totally pig-headed, and unrelenting in his fanatical determination that his girls must excel. Geeta and Babita Phogat: ‘Our father taught us never to be scared' 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z There’s comfort in assuming that autocracy has to arrive with a military coup: “Now it’s being ushered in by the voters themselves.” ‘How Civil Wars Start,’ a Warning About the State of the Union 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Egypt once again felt stuck between military autocracy and militant Islam. Egyptian-American Filmmaker Captures Cairo’s Arab Spring 2014-02-07T23:01:46Z The fourth estate exists to protect our democracy from the slide into autocracy, and it is high time they start performing that function. The news media helped Trump win in 2016. Here's what needs to change for 2020 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z But it also touches on autocracy and personal autonomy — relevant themes in a world where dissenters are sometimes imprisoned and certain children’s books are being banned. Growing a Generation of Movie-Loving Global Citizens 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The deep corruption of democracy does not get much attention, nor does the alliance of plutocracy with aspiring autocracy. The D.I.Y. Way to Heal the Social Fabric: Don’t Do It Yourself 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In “The Testaments,” Atwood weaves together the stories of three female narrators in Gilead, a religious autocracy in what was formerly the United States. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Share Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z You wrote, for instance, that the first rule for surviving an autocracy is “believe the autocrat.” Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z People around the world are struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic, a ruined economy, and the rising tide of fascism, autocracy, the surveillance society and other forms of domination which limit human life and potential. "We in America have actual fascists marching in the streets": Ed Brubaker on releasing art right now 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z A conductor might be an acclaimed musician, but a poor fit for an orchestra whose players thrive on collaboration and not autocracy. Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z That February, 300 years of Romanov autocracy had been ended in a few dizzying days, while nothing had been put in its place. Missed connection 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Brazil’s economy is shrinking, China’s debts are terrifying and Russia is a rusting autocracy. The long road 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The best passage shows how the modernising autocracy of Shah Mohammed Reza – brutal, cynical, in a desperate hurry – all but overran even traditional Iranian towns in the first half of the 1970s. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Orwell has something to say to everyone who is suffering under autocracy. George Orwell back in fashion as Prism stokes paranoia about Big Brother 2013-06-11T17:08:01Z How was Hitler able to turn a democratic nation into an autocracy organized around race-based hatred? Can History’s ‘Great Man’ Theory Explain Hitler? 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z An Italian historian traces the rise of Roman autocracy to Pompey’s baffling acquiescence when Caesar defied Senate orders to disband his troops. New & Noteworthy, From John Sayles to Julius Caesar 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s funny, and makes a point: even among autocrats, there are degrees of autocracy. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z A number of Western journalists have descended on its capital and returned either with ominous reports about the country’s lurch toward autocracy or with obsequious interviews extolling Mr. Orbán’s conservative values. Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Franz mentions the political conditions in the Middle Eastern autocracies he travels through, but much of the book takes place in the cocoon of the region’s restaurants, courtyards, universities, and cultural salons. A French Novelist Confronts Orientalism 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z And that’s happening geopolitically — 2019 was the first year in a hundred with cumulative GDP of the autocracies greater than that of the democracies. International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z "What you're seeing in Hungary is not an autocracy, but it's a slide away from democracy and that's the dangerous place to be. " Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The other extreme, however, leads almost inevitably to corruption and autocracy. 'The Menuhin Century' is now: Why the violin master is still the sound of hope and peace 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z People forget that for most people living in a fascist autocracy, even people formerly associated with the loyal opposition, life is generally boring and normal. "Our democracy hangs by a thread": Expert panel says a Trump victory in 2024 will end it 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z This comes at a moment when Donald Trump is surrounded by networks of acolytes energetically working to institutionalize autocracy. Trump's public plan for revenge hands Democrats "the greatest opportunity for a positive outcome" 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The Latvian leader said Russia is turning from an autocracy to a totalitarian regime and resorting to propaganda worse than the Cold War. Latvia’s president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia from future global adventures 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The Post account builds on an earlier one in the New York Times about the “Project 2025” plan for a new Trump administration — er, autocracy. Opinion: Trump promises vengeance and power grabs if he wins in 2024. Here's the plan. 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z "If Ukraine doesn't join the EU, then the country will be lost to Russia. It's autocracy versus democracy. We can't just watch while Russia invades other countries that have European aspirations." Ukraine gets European Commission backing for talks on Ukraine membership 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Uniquely positioned to comment on autocracies and authoritarianism, Rodriguez reveals his personal fears about the future of the United States, particularly after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as warning for the U.S. in new graphic memoir ‘Worm’ 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z As we have seen in Florida, Texas and other laboratories of autocracy, once Republicans obtain unified control of government, they are compulsively driven to monkey with the history curricula of the public schools. Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Opposition parties and rights groups accuse Vucic, the SNS and its allies of autocracy, oppressing media freedoms, election fraud, violence against political opponents, corruption and ties with organised crime. Serbia's Vucic dissolves parliament, sets snap vote for Dec 17 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It's about a larger and ongoing agenda to discredit democracy and pave the way for a strongman-led autocracy. House Speaker fight certainly proves one thing: MAGA is still a death cult 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Last year, after Russia’s invasion, he described the stakes as a “battle between democracy and autocracy” — a formula that may have been too abstract for some voters. Column: Biden says the U.S. must help Israel and Ukraine succeed — he's staking his reputation on it 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Ask a Sudanese or a Syrian or an Egyptian or an Afghan what it’s like to live under autocracy. Suffering in the shadows: The humanitarian calamities that aren’t on the world’s agenda 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Does that make denial the vitamin of autocracy? MAGA remains unmoved: NeverTrump Republicans have no way to break Trump's spell 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z She has also said Trump “thinks this is an autocracy,” along with other opinions sure to rankle those who are rankled by such things. The haters gonna hate (hate hate hate hate), but do Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce even notice? 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Critics say Netanyahu and his government are working to upend the country’s delicate system of checks and balances and setting Israel on a path toward autocracy. Israel’s High Court hears challenge to law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z President Biden will attempt to stiffen international resolve and unity behind Ukraine and confront head on the rising global threats of authoritarian military aggression and autocracy during a major speech at the U.N. As Biden preps for New York, Xi, Putin and others skipping U.N. General Assembly 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Undermining the legitimacy of the PA is its steady drift towards autocracy. Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z A frequent explanation for the country’s fall into autocracy and oppression is “Russians want to have czars,” as if this were encoded in their DNA. For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z His father, Hun Sen, ruled Cambodia for almost four decades, a time analysts said was marked by increasing autocracy, the suppression of political opposition and shuttering of a free press. Hun Sen's son aims to make Cambodia high-income country by 2050 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the current chair of West African bloc ECOWAS, said on Wednesday he was working closely with other African leaders to contain what he called a "contagion of autocracy" spreading across Africa. African leaders work on response to Gabon military coup 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z “Beijing and Moscow,” he said, “are working together to make the world safe for autocracy through their ‘no limits partnership.’” As Biden preps for New York, Xi, Putin and others skipping U.N. General Assembly 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The lineup of guests, devoid of any leaders from Hungary’s allies in the European Union and NATO, reflects Orbán’s push to increase diplomatic and political cooperation with autocracies in the Balkans and Asia. Hungary’s Orban to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The global battle between democracies and autocracies has united Western Europe and America. Opinion: One thing Joe Biden could learn about Latin America from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z I found that a slide into autocracy through extremism, radicalization, and violence can happen anywhere. "You will get violence": Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z They say it will open the door to serious infringements on personal liberties and the rights of women, the LGBTQ+ community and minorities that will set Israel on a path toward autocracy. Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians? 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Critics of the plan say that if passed, they will erode the system of checks and balances between branches of government and lead Israel toward autocracy. Israeli high-tech investment plummets in first half of 2023, industry monitor says 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z For protesters, the series of laws that curb the Supreme Court’s power marked a frightening step toward autocracy, eroding the only check on majority rule in Israel. AP PHOTOS: Unrest grips Israel as the parliament adopts a law weakening the Supreme Court 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The candidates leading the pack of Republican presidential contenders tell a very different story in which the contest between democracies and autocracies is a myth; Ukraine, a sideshow. Opinion: One thing Joe Biden could learn about Latin America from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z President Biden has made it his mission to wage what he momentously calls “the battle between democracy and autocracy.” Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z While the government says the overhaul is needed to reduce the powers of unelected judges, protesters, who make up a wide cross section of Israeli society, say the overhaul will push Israel toward autocracy. Fierce protests have been rocking Israel for months. What’s fueling them? 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z At stake may be the fate of democracy in a nation that has repeatedly tried to overturn military rule and in a region where autocracy is on the rise. ‘Thailand Is Not Ready to Change’: Prime Minister Vote Puts Coalition at Risk 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Critics say the plan would upend Israel’s delicate system of checks and balances and push the country toward autocracy. Israel’s governing coalition presses ahead with plan to overhaul courts ahead of expected protests 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The generals and their allies responded on Thursday by rejecting the party’s leading candidate for prime minister, tipping the country into a political void and potentially thrusting it further toward autocracy. Junta’s Allies Reject Thai Election Results, Derailing Top Opposition Figure 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In his State of the Union address this year, he declared that since he took office, “democracies have become stronger, not weaker” while “autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.” Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Thailand is one of the largest and most important economies in Southeast Asia, a region where several countries have been sliding again toward autocracy after experiments with democracy. His Party Won Thailand’s Election. But the Top Job Is a Long Shot. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z It constitutes one of the fundamental problems within the 27-nation bloc that has always sought to be a beacon of Western political liberalism in a world where autocracies sway ever more power. EU executive chides Poland, Hungary for democratic deficiencies 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z I do think they are going to continue to try to replace American democracy with an authoritarian autocracy. "Trump thinks he has this big army out there still": A MAGA movement betrayed has now morphed 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The election is being closely watched, not least because Thailand is a major player in a region where several countries have been sliding again toward autocracy after experiments with democracy. Junta’s Allies Reject Thai Election Results, Derailing Top Opposition Figure 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Though Biden had vowed the U.S. would be a leading voice in the battle between autocracy and democracy, his foreign policy promises have crashed into the realities of the presidency. News Analysis: The inconvenient truth that haunted Indian Prime Minister Modi's White House visit 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Biden administration officials on Wednesday defended Biden’s remarks, saying the president has made a point of drawing distinctions between the world’s democracies and autocracies. Biden defends calling Chinese leader Xi a ‘dictator’ and says he still expects to meet with him 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z India is both the world’s most populous country and the only country among the top 10 economies that has not clearly chosen a side in what President Biden calls the struggle between democracy and autocracy. Democracy and Reality 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden has made the global struggle between democracy and autocracy a key part of his foreign policy, but Mr. Modi’s government has cracked down on dissent in ways that have raised fears of authoritarianism. State Dinners: Who Gets Them, Who Doesn’t and Why They Matter 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z President Biden has declared “the battle between democracy and autocracy” to be the defining struggle of his time. In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z But the years without autocracy have started to seem like a blip. Tunisians Mourn a Hard-Fought Freedom Rapidly Slipping Away 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But he added that this was not a moment for false equivalence between democracy and autocracy. Worldwide, Trump’s Latest Legal Woes Draw Outrage, and Shrugs 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The core of Biden’s foreign policy “is preserving democracy in the face of autocracy” and the “free press and independent journalism is at the heart of what democracy stands for,” Gitenstein said. U.S. ambassador to EU champions free, independent press | Brier Dudley 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Citizens traveled from across the country to voice their anger at officials who they say have eroded democratic norms and created fears that the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy. EU launches legal action against Poland over new Russian influence law 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Some democracy watchdogs have downgraded India’s ratings, using phrases like “electoral autocracy” and “flawed democracy.” In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Since they emerged from autocracy, they were long expected to be models to thrive to become models of Western liberal democracies. EU top court says that Poland’s justice reform infringes EU law 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z In some quarters, framing the present historical moment as a contest between democracy and autocracy passes for fresh thinking, as does characterizing American policy as focused on defending a so-called rules-based international order. Seduced by war yet again: Why Washington is underwriting violence in Ukraine 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Opposition parties and rights watchdogs have long accused Vucic and the SNS of autocracy, stifling media freedoms, violence against political opponents, corruption and ties with organised crime. Serbia's President Vucic offers resignation as head of ruling party 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z In the United States that will likely take the form of a new Apartheid Christofascist electoral autocracy and plutocracy. The GOP's criminality goes international 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Unofficially, Stalin’s control of the top level of the party translated into pure autocracy, not hugely dissimilar in nature to the power of the Tsar before the revolution. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, he seized opportunities to sideline rivals and gather more power into his hands, drawing accusations from the political opposition that he was tipping the country into autocracy. Nail-Biter Turkish Election Goes to Round 2 as Majority Eludes Erdogan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Election integrity: Turkey is neither a full-blown democracy nor a full-blown autocracy, and Erdogan has tilted the political playing field in his favor over the past two decades. Your Monday Briefing: Thailand Votes for Change 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z "Of the 84 countries codified as autocracies under the Regimes of the World system in 2022, the United States sold weapons to at least 48, or 57%, of them," Semler wrote. Why is the Biden White House still selling weapons to authoritarian nations? 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Western allies initially saw Erdogan's Turkey as a vibrant mix of Islam and democracy that could be a model for Middle East states struggling to shake off autocracy and stagnation. In Turkey election, Erdogan doesn't flinch as he fights for political life 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z That being noted, a momentous event occurred late in Nikolai’s reign unrelated to Tsarist autocracy per se: the destruction of the Congress System created at the Congress of Vienna, thanks to the Crimean War. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Political scientists say it is neither a full democracy nor a full-blown autocracy, but rather a mix of the two in which the leader has outsized power but where elections can still bring about change. Turkey’s President Amassed Power. He Could Still Lose This Election. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z But the visit will also test one of Mr. Biden’s favorite observations: that the world is at an inflection point where countries must choose between autocracy and democracy. Biden Will Host India’s Prime Minister for State Dinner 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z But in more recent years, and especially since he became president in 2014, critics have accused Mr. Erdogan of using the democratic process to enhance his powers, pushing the country toward autocracy. Turkey’s Election: What You Need to Know 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In its place exists an “America First” party that stands for pro-Russian isolationism in the world, along with nativism and autocracy at home — a party making a last stand against non-White immigrants and smug urbanites. Opinion | Ron DeSantis needs to ask himself this question 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The Narodniks believed that the serfs would form the nucleus of a revolutionary class that would rise up and dismantle Tsarist autocracy if properly educated. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Turkey has never tipped into full-on autocracy because electoral politics retain a hallowed place in the national identity, one revered by Mr. Erdogan himself. Turkey’s President Amassed Power. He Could Still Lose This Election. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “There is a contest between autocracies and democracies, and we have to succeed,” Mr. Biden said last summer during remarks in Madrid. Biden Will Host India’s Prime Minister for State Dinner 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “There is a fight in the world now between democracy and autocracy, its manifestation at the time is in Ukraine.” AP Interview: Pelosi says Ukraine, democracy ‘must win’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z At a time when autocracies are making a comeback all over the world, I hope to see a future for our people that nourishes the potential of its citizens free of tyranny. Opinion | Tunisia can rebuild its democracy. Only its president stands in the way. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Iranian society was highly educated and its economy thrived, but its government was an oppressive autocracy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Sudan borders the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia - only recently emerging from a gruelling conflict that involved another unpredictable neighbour, the isolated and highly militarised autocracy of Eritrea. Sudan fighting: Why it matters to countries worldwide 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In the continuing global competition between democracies and autocracies, India could be a key player. India Is Surpassing China in Population 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The popular uprising had raised hopes that Sudan and its population of 46 million could emerge from decades of autocracy, internal conflict and economic isolation under Bashir. Explainer: What's behind Sudan's crisis? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Many thought the U.S. approach to Latin America would change under Biden, who emphasizes human rights and democracy over autocracy in his foreign policy. U.S. courts Ecuador president even as Latin American country's democracy deteriorates 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Ruled by a secular nationalist faction, the Ba’ath Party, since 1968, Iraq represented yet another form of autocracy in the region. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For a nation increasingly viewed as an avatar of repression and autocracy, Russia had, until recently, afforded Western correspondents a fair amount of leeway in reporting on its politics, society and culture. ‘Chilling Effect’: Arrest of Journalist Has Made Covering Russia Even Tougher 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Biden has articulated a foreign policy doctrine as explicitly as any president in recent years, saying the United States will side with democracies in their global battle with autocracies. On foreign policy, Biden’s gut is his guide 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z And yet their power makes the tools alluring to intelligence services, militaries and law enforcement agencies in democracies and autocracies alike. A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z I think in reality there's a huge gray area between democracy and autocracy, and lots of different dimensions in which democracies perform better or worse. What crisis of democracy? Scholar Larry Bartels says the real crisis is corrupt leaders 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z This no doubt reflected his own conservative tastes, but it also eased the transition from republic to autocracy for the traditional Roman elites. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics say the plan would irreparably weaken Israel’s system of checks and balances and lead the country toward autocracy. After being fired, Israel’s defense minister caught in limbo 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Locking up former leaders on specious, politically driven charges may be common in the world’s autocracies, but some of the most advanced democracies have not shied away from putting their leaders on trial for crimes. A President Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy Is Tested 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Biden frequently speaks of the U.S. and like-minded allies being at a critical moment in which democracies need to demonstrate they can out-deliver autocracies. Biden starts democracy summit with $690M pledge for programs 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But Mr. Biden’s claim that autocracies have grown weaker faces a stark reality in some nations. Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The overhaul would make Israel “more like elected autocracies” including Hungary and Turkey, Thomas Friedman argues in Times Opinion. A Win for Israel’s Protesters 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Business leaders, top economists and former security chiefs have all come out against the plan, saying it is pushing the country toward an autocracy. Israel tensions ease as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Biden — channeling Ronald Reagan, not Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter or Barack Obama — describes Ukraine as just one front in a global battle between autocracy versus democracy. Opinion: Democrats flip red, Republicans flip blue on one major issue. Is it permanent? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Critics say the plan upends Israel’s fragile system of checks and balances and pushes Israel down a path toward autocracy. Israeli group asks court to punish Netanyahu over legal plan 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z President Biden has framed the war in Ukraine as “a battle between democracy and autocracy, between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.” Opinion | The U.S. should beware of the Beijing-Moscow axis 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z More broadly, Biden has said this moment in world history is about the battle between democracies and autocracies. Harris heads to Africa amid Biden’s urgent courtship of the continent 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z It reported significant mobilization in countries like Bolivia, Poland and Malawi, and mass protests in 34 autocracies, including Algeria, Hong Kong and Sudan. Is democracy starting to turn the tide around the world? A new report says just maybe 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z “The country is witnessing a rule of autocracy,” said A. Raja, an opposition lawmaker. Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi loses Parliament seat 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “What happens in autocracies doesn’t stay in autocracies. It travels.” Opinion | Why Xi and Putin pretend they run democracies 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In a potential clash between liberal democracies and autocracies, Xi wants to keep Russia, China’s most important and powerful partner, on his side. By embracing Putin, Xi defies the U.S. and exploits a global divide 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z It would be a regime changer, they say, creating something akin to a religious autocracy instead of the “Jewish and democratic state” that has long characterized how Israel legally defines itself. Longtime Israel backers in U.S. turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z He added that "in the battle between democracy and autocracies, democracies are rising to the moment." The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Critics say the move upends Israel’s system of checks and balances and pushes it toward autocracy. In Israel, TV’s dystopian ‘Handmaids’ is protest fixture 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Under Beijing’s leadership, he says, countries would not need to choose sides in a battle between autocracy and democracy. With Russia visit, Xi pursues effort to upend U.S.-led global order 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z I cannot recall another president talking as much about the contest between democracy and autocracy, both foreign and domestic, as Joe Biden. Sen. Chris Murphy: Republicans “don’t give a crap” about kids and gun violence 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But we agree with Mr. Navalny that postwar Russia must escape Mr. Putin’s grip and the oppressive autocracy he has imposed. Opinion | An Oscar win reignites the dream for Russia to be free 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z There was no mention of his support for Saudi autocracy and war. The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z But nothing prepared him for his current mission: to block Israel’s new far-right government from overhauling the judiciary, a move he says will put his country on the path to autocracy. Israel’s military joins nationwide protests over judicial overhaul 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z President Biden says there’s a global battle underway pitting democracy against autocracy. Column: Is the world becoming more free and democratic — or backsliding? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z After more than three decades as a reservist in the Israeli military, the paratrooper says he will no longer put his life on the line for a country slipping toward autocracy. Israeli military caught up in divide over Netanyahu’s plan 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “Putin feared the color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine precisely because they threatened the legitimacy and stability of his autocracy in Russia,” Mr. McFaul wrote. Opinion | Once hailed as a reformer, Mikheil Saakashvili languishes in prison 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z It is amplified by a Republican Party devoted to destroying the welfare state and imposing a Christian nationalist autocracy. Historical amnesia in the age of capitalist apocalypse — and how to overcome it 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Critics say Netanyahu, a defendant standing trial for corruption charges, holds a personal grudge against the justice system and is pushing the country toward autocracy. Israeli protesters clash with police, confront PM’s wife 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Biden frames the war as a clash between democracy and autocracy, Cotton says, “because he likes to use that line in domestic politics as well” to attack Republicans. Opinion | How one Republican senator wants to hold his party together on Ukraine 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z But despite our flaws and failures our system of governance is far superior to Russia’s, China’s, Iran’s, Saudi Arabia’s, Hungary’s or that of any of the burgeoning autocracies in the world. History forecasts an inevitable major war 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians vowed Friday to fight on as the world marked the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, which violently ended decades of European stability and unleashed a charged battle between autocracy and freedom. Ukraine, Western backers pledge resolve on anniversary of Russia’s invasion 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Western allies initially saw Erdogan's Turkey as a vibrant mix of Islam and democracy which could be a model for Middle East states struggling to shake off autocracy and stagnation. Erdogan pins election hopes on 'building Turkey' mission after quake 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “Rallying it around this framework of divisions between democracies and autocracies does not work.” ‘System-changing’: Fallout from Russia-Ukraine war reshapes global order 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Biden also used soaring terms to cast the war, as he has before, as one front in a worldwide struggle between autocracy and democracy. Biden and Putin deliver dueling fiery speeches on Ukraine 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, autocracy and tyranny are the historical default, and maintaining an exceptional democratic nation in a dangerous world requires positive action. History forecasts an inevitable major war 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z He said Mr. Putin and his generals badly misjudged how the war would play out and the Ukraine resistance marked a triumph of democracy over autocracy. In dueling speeches, Putin and Biden offer radically different visions of the fight to come 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z And Biden is expected to frame the war as a long battle between democracy and autocracy, in which the former has emerged the winner of the first year. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z From the beginning of his administration, Biden has argued the world is at a crucial moment pitting autocracies against democracies. Biden’s test: Sustaining unity as Ukraine war enters Year 2 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The internet appeared to be the ultimate antidote to autocracy. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. The opposition has said the arrests aim to silence dissent, empower a slide towards autocracy and cover up Saied's failure to manage the worsening social and economic crisis. Tunisia president rejects foreign interference after U.S. concern over arrests 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The opposition has said the campaign of arrests aims to silence dissent, empower a slide towards autocracy and cover up Saied's failure to manage the worsening social and economic crisis. Tunisia president says detainees were behind shortages, price rises 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “His agenda now is defending democracy in a world of competition democracy versus autocracy.” Biden to greet Brazil's Lula at the White House 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Experts say that President Biden took office after years of global gains for autocracy and deep problems for democracies — as illustrated by the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Fact-Checking Biden’s State of the Union Address 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Erdogan’s declaration of a state of emergency raised some concerns in Turkey; Turkish opponents and Western officials have accused him of pushing the country toward autocracy over decades in power. Rescue Teams Fight ‘Weather and the Earthquake’ as Toll Surpasses 7,700 Dead 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z There is a lot at stake in the upcoming elections, with opposition figures arguing that it will be a choice between increasing autocracy or democracy. Turkey elections: Biggest test for Erdogan amid cost of living crisis 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Leftist political figures across the EU warn that Hungary is devolving into a kind of autocracy, with political power more centralized than in Western Europe. Openly gay U.S. ambassador to Hungary faces personal attacks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Biden has made the promotion of democratic norms at a time of advancing autocracies a signature issue of his presidency. High-level visit highlights U.S. balancing act on Israel, Palestinians 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z “To the extent that China may be exporting its surveillance state via trade in AI, this can enhance and beget more autocracies abroad,” the researchers wrote. Madison Square Garden facial recognition tech, to ban people, ignites political firestorm 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Two days before the previous autocracy collapsed in January 2011, she had written a social media post saying she was prepared to pay any price for freedom. Tunisian activists decry intimidation as vote looms 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “It is one of the things that sets us apart from autocracies, that we require our public officials to be accountable to the people they serve,” she said. Arizona Republicans exempt lawmakers from the state’s open-records law 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z On the Times podcast “The Ezra Klein Show,” a Johns Hopkins professor argues that China is an “autocracy with democratic characteristics.” Your Thursday Briefing: Tanks for Ukraine 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z But the deterrents to stepping down in a presidential democracy pale in comparison to those in an autocracy — especially one in which power is concentrated around a single strongman leader. Which Leaders Resign, Like Jacinda Ardern? Often, the System Decides. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z While New Yorkers and Americans debate the wisdom of deploying facial recognition tech, the Brookings report said autocracies and weak democracies have shown themselves to be far more likely to adopt China’s facial surveillance technology. Madison Square Garden facial recognition tech, to ban people, ignites political firestorm 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “Will we choose democracy over autocracy, or community over chaos? Love over hate?” On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Biden returned to a common refrain — that there is a battle to “redeem the soul of America” — while warning of an existential battle between democracy and autocracy. Biden returns to Georgia to honor MLK and tout ‘the time to choose’ 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z This moment, he said, “is the time of choosing. … Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy? Couldn’t ask that question 15 years ago because everybody thought democracy was settled. … But it’s not.” Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z It is not just that autocracies grant their paramount leaders a level of power that makes them often unwilling to step down, while empowering them to remove any threats to their rule. Which Leaders Resign, Like Jacinda Ardern? Often, the System Decides. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z How was it possible for them to conflate American patriotism with autocracy, to turn the purpose of the Constitution — a document they say they adore — upside down? Perspective | Performance and protest, from the hippies to MAGA 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Since we’re primarily looking at the drivers of refugees from conflict, I would say that the rise of autocracy is an associated factor rather than the driving factor. As Humanitarian Crises Escalate, So Do Demands to End Them 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z “This is the time to choose and direct choices we have. Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?” Biden returns to Georgia to honor MLK and tout ‘the time to choose’ 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z It must now pivot to the new reality provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the growth of extreme inequality and aggressive Russian and Chinese autocracies. Davos Confronts a New World Order 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Reed said last week that Ukraine is “fighting for the values that we cherish: freedom, democracy, a civil society, opposing autocracy and illegal and unconscionable warfare.” Senator: Ending US aid to Ukraine would be historic mistake 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Putin feared the color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine precisely because they threatened the legitimacy and stability of his autocracy in Russia. Opinion | The world can’t allow the ex-president of Georgia to die in detention 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z If they are in trouble, we are on the path not only to an information dystopia, but very possibly to autocracy. New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z As Turkey’s all-important 2023 election nears, the United States and Europe cannot fail to speak out about his lunge toward autocracy. Opinion | In Turkey, a philanthropist did good. Now he sits in prison for life. 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z President Biden’s framework for this era — the battle between democracy and rising autocracy — comes across as too binary for a time of complex challenges. Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z There is indeed a global contest between forces of autocracy and democracy. Opinion | Zelensky’s visit highlights that freedom is winning in Ukraine — for now 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z He wanted to try to reverse Georgia’s creeping autocracy. Opinion | The world can’t allow the ex-president of Georgia to die in detention 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z He often talks of a global battle between democracy and autocracy and has highlighted similar themes as he has campaigned for fellow Democrats against Republicans at home and laid the groundwork for a reelection bid. In Washington, Zelensky seeks to rally support for grueling war with Russia 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z In September the European Parliament declared that Hungary could no longer be considered a democracy, and would become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” under Orban’s leadership - a charge his government has rejected. Hungary’s Orban wants to ‘drain the swamp’ in European Union 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Hungary, he said, has created a system of “informational autocracy” that allows the government to “create an alternative reality.” Dark Christmas Signals Tough Times for a Prosperous City in Hungary 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s Russia is not the only autocracy in difficulties of its own making. Opinion | Zelensky’s visit highlights that freedom is winning in Ukraine — for now 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But now the political context has changed: A liberal president has declared a global struggle between democracy and autocracy, and the government is focused on right-wing subversion in the United States. Opinion | Two court cases show the civil liberties toll of Jan. 6 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But in Mr. Putin’s autocracy, it is his own words that offer the best guide to Russian policy. A Chatty Putin’s Underlying Message: I’m Still in Charge 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The Chinese government’s response to protests against Covid measures doesn’t address the larger yearning for an end to autocracy, Nicholas Kristof writes. Glimpses of Democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z This was particularly important to Mr. Biden, who likes to say that the world is at a tipping point between democracy and rising autocracy. As Macron Loses His Sheen at Home, Harmonious U.S. Visit Is ‘Regenerative’ 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z In Iran, we see a theocratic autocracy determined to maintain its ideological control of the country. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z And autocracies increasingly cooperate and share methods across borders in what they see as a common struggle. The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Fellow independent Kate Chaney, who also supported the censure motion, said Australia under Morrison had been “dipping its toe in the autocracy pool.” Australian Parliament censures former prime minister 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z First, autocracy is not, in fact, superior to democracy. Lessons from China’s zero-COVID nightmare 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Biden has repeatedly made the case that the U.S. and like-minded allies need to show the world that democracies are a far better vehicle for societies than autocracies. US, allies announce plans for second democracy summit 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, we are seeing signs of deep and structural weaknesses in some of the world’s most powerful autocracies. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Since 1900, they found, about 20 autocracies have risen out of sweeping social revolutions. The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z A year after declaring that the struggle between democracies and autocracies is the central issue of this era, Mr. Biden has confronted similarly difficult issues. White House Weighs How Forcefully to Support Protesters in China 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z It was a historic trip to end her tenure - setting down a marker for democracy over autocracy, as she has framed it - and could have been her way of exiting the stage with a flourish. Nancy Pelosi: How she rose to the top - and stayed there 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Some EU lawmakers warned against easing pressure too easily after the European Parliament declared Hungary was no longer a full democracy but a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy." EU poised to unblock billions in funds for Hungary -sources 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z China also said Xi rejected Biden’s narrative of a global competition between democracy and autocracy. Biden says no ‘new Cold War’ after meeting with China’s Xi 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But autocracies founded in revolution tend to survive for many decades. The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z His long, handwritten prison letters set out his convictions that Russia is not doomed to autocracy and its people are not all brainwashed Putin devotees. Ukraine war: Russian activist writes letters from jail 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Both are deep institutionalists who have come up in diametrically opposed political systems and are now locked in a battle that Biden has cast as an existential test of democracy versus autocracy. As Biden and Xi meet, can their old connection avert a clash? 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The activities covered in the report, described to The Washington Post by three people who have read it, include illegal and legal attempts to steer U.S. foreign policy in ways favorable to the Arab autocracy. U.S. intelligence report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Numerous governments, both autocracies and democracies, have purchased and deployed Pegasus in recent years. Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Global supply chains were supposed to lower costs, boost profits and enable democratic values to seep into the terrain of oligarchies, dictatorships and autocracies. Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “But Xi’s complete consolidation of power at the 20th party congress now validates this stereotype. It has confirmed Biden’s perception that U.S.-China competition is a moral, existential battle between democracy and autocracy.” For Biden and Xi, a Long Relationship With Rising Mutual Suspicion 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z And so it has for more than a century, as Iran struggled first against repressive autocracy and then against extreme theocracy. Reza Aslan on Tehrangeles, revolution and the death threats that sidelined his book tour 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z What is your takeaway from the president of the United States pleading with people to choose democracy over autocracy? Former GOP chair Michael Steele: Democrats are "inept," media are "hypocrites and liars" 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Biden has spoken of a global struggle between autocracies and democracies. At global summits, Biden aims to assert America’s leadership 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Boric, for example, has voiced his distaste for the leftist autocracies in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, calling Venezuela a “failed experiment.” The left now rules most of Latin America. Will it be able to live up to its promises? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z History and common sense tell us that liberty, opportunity and justice thrive in a democracy, not in an autocracy. Full Transcript of President Biden’s Speech on Democracy 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Trump’s blatant attempts at autocracy during his term were mostly girded by Congress, the courts and other institutions, then he lost the 2020 election, then his brownshirts tried and failed to overthrow the results. God bless America, where cheap gas matters more than democracy 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "It suggests autocracy is in their blood, it's in their water or it's in their culture," she says. Xi Jinping's party is just getting started 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z But the goal of building a world safe for autocracy is putting China on a collision course with other nations. Analysis | Under Xi, China wants absolute security. It’s making the world nervous. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A few countries — Venezuela and Nicaragua — morphed into leftist autocracies. The left now rules most of Latin America. Will it be able to live up to its promises? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “This is the system where the PRC is the center and ‘all affairs under heaven’ are determined through their autocracy,” Adm. Pacific Fleet admiral: No ambiguity in U.S, allies’ ability to defend Taiwan 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The vast majority of Americans do not want to live in an autocracy. These elections "are the most important in our lifetime": Democracy advocate on America's choice 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The country had seven decades of one-party rule before creating multi-party elections, but she says free elections without institutional reform leave the country open to autocracy’s return. A Mexican journalist was murdered. It wasn't the end of the story 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z It has also created an “alliance of autocracies,” with Moscow, with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declaring a “no limits” friendship just before Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian nuclear fears loom in the geopolitical background for China. 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Critics of Mr Saied accuse him of staging a coup and attempting to turn Tunisia back into an autocracy - a system of government run by one person with absolute power. Tunisia: Thousands from rival political parties protest against President Kais Saied 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z In recent years, major social media companies “have taken a stand on the side of democracy over autocracy,” Schafer said. Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z In many cases, autocracies give way to other autocracies. The nine lives of authoritarian regimes 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z And Mr. Biden returned to a theme he has established since his second month in office, describing a coming struggle as one of autocracies versus democracies. Biden’s National Security Strategy Focuses on China, Russia and Democracy at Home 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z A hundred years of Russian experiences with overthrowing autocracy suggest only another turn in a depressing cycle. Putin really could fall — but will that help the West as much as we think? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z For those fighting autocracy in the former Soviet Union, fear is an ever-present enemy. Nobel Peace Prize Winners Share a Past Shadowed by Russian Abuses 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In the era when South Korea and Taiwan were still autocracies, economic liberalization there gradually led to a growing middle class and calls for greater political freedom — prompting the regimes to crack down, often violently. Opinion | What the West is still getting wrong about the rise of Xi Jinping 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z All over the world, autocracy is on the march. Opinion | A Washington foreign policy legend issues a dire warning 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Administration officials had long been sharply divided on how to treat the oil-rich autocracy. Biden’s Saudi trip faces new scrutiny after OPEC oil cut 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The reason is that autocracies that are run mostly on fear — on domestic terror — drain their people of the spontaneous energy and comity, or love, that can sustain a healthy society. Putin really could fall — but will that help the West as much as we think? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z There is a theory that autocracies have the edge in staying in power at times of crisis because they are not subject to the winds of political change. A Time of Unease and Challenge for Democracy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Iran, whose political parties compete noisily even amid autocracy, is no exception. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide Are Failing at Record Rates 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Similar threats exist around the world from autocracies including Russia, China, Turkey and the oil-rich Gulf. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Liberal democracies were at their lowest level in 25 years, V-Dem said, covering only 13 percent of the world’s population; “closed autocracies” governed 26 percent of the world’s people, and “electoral autocracies” governed 44 percent. Democracy Under Siege From Autocrats, Social Media and Its Own Failures 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden called on democracies and autocracies alike to speak out against Russia’s “brutal, needless war” and bolster’s Ukraine effort to defend itself. UN meeting produces sense that a ‘new epoch’ is arriving 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z "Ukraine has the same rights that belong to every sovereign nation. We will stand in solidarity with Ukraine," said Biden, who cast the war as part of a global contest between democracy and autocracy. Russia to begin annexation votes in Ukrainian regions 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z At the same time, autocracies, responding to popular revolts in Arab and former Soviet countries at the start of this century, have learned to undermine mass movements with subtler methods than brute force alone. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide Are Failing at Record Rates 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z He's supported by a continually dwindling number of malcontents, morons and mavens of autocracy. It's a scary time in America — but know this: Donald Trump is finished 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Biden also addressed the broader global struggle between democracy and autocracy — a frequent topic of focus for him — and touched on food insecurity, climate change, public health and other topics. Biden, at U.N., says Russia’s actions ‘should make your blood run cold’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In his remarks, the president is expected to depict the challenge of the 21st century as a contest between “democracies and autocracies.” U.N. chief says world is ‘gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z This time, Ms. Pelosi said the United States wanted to help and support Armenia in what she described as part of a global struggle between democracy and autocracy. Pelosi, in Armenia, Condemns Azerbaijan Over Clashes 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z They said that the government in Budapest - which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” - has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” EU proposes to suspend billions in funds to Hungary 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z They said that the government in Budapest — which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” EU recommends suspending billions in funding to Hungary 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z In a resolution passed Thursday with an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament said the Hungarian government had become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” that could no longer be considered a democracy. Hungary faces reckoning with EU that could cost it billions 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z The EU parliament voted to approve the report on Thursday, which accused Prime Minister Viktor Orban of creating an "electoral autocracy". Viktor Orban: Hungary 'autocracy' verdict from EU correct, say activists 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But such pledges have turned out to be trickery in the past, with little effect on Mr. Orban’s deepening autocracy. Opinion | The E.U. must punish Viktor Orban, Hungary’s authoritarian leader 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Mrs. Pelosi said her speech will focus on ways to fight autocracy in all places. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Berlin for G-7 speakers’ summit 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In their resolution, the lawmakers said that the Hungarian government — which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” EU lawmakers assail Hungary for attacking democratic values 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z "The situation has deteriorated such that Hungary has become an 'electoral autocracy'" rather than a democracy, the chamber said in a statement. EU lawmakers raise pressure to cut funds for Hungary over graft woes 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “This is about autocracy against democracy. And I stand here with the conviction that with courage and solidarity, Putin will fail and Europe will prevail,” she added, referring to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Top E.U. Official Becomes an Unexpected Wartime Leader 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Senior administration officials talk of the “democracy versus autocracy” paradigm that is central to Mr. Biden’s thinking, and they say the president aims to convene a second Summit for Democracy soon. Lawmakers Tell Biden Administration to Withhold All Military Aid to Egypt 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z And China, seeking to create an alliance of autocracies, is increasingly finding common purpose with Russia, with Mr. Xi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir V. Putin, set to meet in person later this week. This Might Not Be a Cold War, but It Feels Like One 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The High Commissioner plays a critical role in speaking out against the backsliding of freedoms at a time when autocracies are gaining influence at the expense of democracy. Austria's Turk proposed to be next UN human rights chief 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Administration officials say there is a competition between democracies and autocracies to demonstrate which can deliver for their people and the world. Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z From theocracies to autocracies and, of course, some democracies too, the list is long. Does China believe its own propaganda on Uyghurs? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Since taking office, he has often said that the United States and its allies are engaged in a long-running struggle between “autocracy and democracy” that will determine the fate of the rules-based order. Biden Warns That American Values Are Under Assault by Trump-Led Extremism 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “China’s success seeks to not only shape humanity’s future in space, but a new international order that embraces communism and autocracy here on Earth within the 21st century,” the report states. China’s space power to promote communism 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z His work in Moscow, they believed, offered hope for the idea that autocracy could mellow and refrain from violence. How Gorbachev’s ‘perestroika’ vanished. 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z But in tackling those broad issues, the Biden administration will have to determine on a case-by-case basis whether to work with authoritarian nations or prioritize the principles in its “democracy versus autocracy” line. Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z She writes about a netherworld of anocracy — between democracy and autocracy — a breeding ground for political violence, where the grievances and resentments of a large White underclass have greatly increased the potential for civil war. Opinion | The reckless rage of the lawless 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Ask anyone who has sought care in an autocracy like Russia and they'll tell you that even being rich doesn't guarantee you quality care when bribery and political retaliation infuse social life. Where have all the soldiers gone? Military's shortage is about America's dysfunction 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z For now I'll settle for defeating autocracy and seeing Trump indicted. America has a chance to retreat from madness: Will the midterms save us — or doom democracy? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “Today and every day, we stand with the Ukrainian people to proclaim that the darkness that drives autocracy is no match for the flame of liberty that lights the souls of free people everywhere.” Biden pledges $3 billion in long-term military aid for Ukraine 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “It might leave out space for more global issues — the things you might need to talk to autocracies about.” Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The Republican Party has been moving away from that idea and toward autocracy. Rep. Adam Schiff on Jan. 6, Trump's coup and the "worst-case scenario" for America's future 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Totalitarianism can also take the form of autocracy, in which power is concentrated in the hands of an individual, through a dictatorship under a single leader. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Pelosi defended the trip as necessary to demonstrate support for Taiwan, as well as democracy over autocracy, and hit back at critics who said she was focused on her legacy. Chinese leader asked Biden to prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z According to data from V-Dem, a monitoring institute based in Sweden, more democracies are declining, and even sliding into autocracy, today than at any point in the last century. How Democracy Is Under Threat Across the Globe 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Then, in 1944, Red Army troops liberated the city from Nazi control; now Russian troops seek to impose on Odesa a repressive autocracy as part of the campaign to “denazify” a democratic Ukraine. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z I have lived in autocracies most of my life, and have spent much of my career writing about Vladimir Putin's Russia. What Trump and Orbán want: It's fascism — it's not a metaphor or a joke 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The V-Dem Institute classified it as an “electoral autocracy” on par with Russia. At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z No one is safe in a state of anarchy — or an autocracy. Trump, Mar-a-Lago and the Fifth Amendment: A federal prosecutor's five big takeaways 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The Rajapaksa family had long faced accusations of abusing power and vilifying the country’s minorities, raising fears that Sri Lanka might return to autocracy. How Democracy Is Under Threat Across the Globe 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “A lot of the conversation was about the larger context of the contest between democratic values and institutions and the trends toward autocracy globally,” the person said. Historians privately warn Biden that America’s democracy is teetering 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z I have learned a few rules for surviving in an autocracy and salvaging your sanity and self-respect. What Trump and Orbán want: It's fascism — it's not a metaphor or a joke 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z "Across Africa, those who support democracy and freedom and the rule of law are battling the forces of autocracy, chaos and corruption," he said. U.S. defense secretary raises concerns for Tunisia democracy 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z In a world of increasingly assertive autocracies, Germany’s potential transformation is a welcome prospect. Opinion | Germany is finally acting like Europe’s major power 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z In my extensive travels across Russia in recent years, I have met many young people who are tired of the archaism and autocracy of the Putin era. Opinion | Even from prison I can see opposition to Putin’s war growing 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z "The world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy," she said. Chinese and Taiwanese warships eye each other as drills due to end 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “Now more than ever, American solidarity with Taiwan is crucial,” she said, describing a world facing a choice between democracy and autocracy. Pelosi’s Taiwan visit ushers in new phase of China’s pressure campaign 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” Ms. Pelosi said. Pelosi cites ‘America’s determination to preserve democracy.’ 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mrs. Pelosi used her remarks to focus on Taiwan as a positive force in the struggle between democracy and autocracy and complimented the island for being technologically advanced. Pelosi hails Taiwan as a model for democracy and economic savvy 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z In remarks at a meeting with Tsai on Wednesday, she said, “Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy.” China, US allies divided over Pelosi’s Taiwan visit 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, we take this trip at a time when the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “America’s solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy,” she said. As Pelosi touts ‘unwavering’ U.S. commitment to Taiwan, China denounces her visit. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The speaker is framing her Taiwan trip as part of a broader mission at a time when “the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy.” Explainer: Why Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China’s angry 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In her statement, Mrs Pelosi said: "America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy." Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi trip labelled as 'extremely dangerous' by Beijing 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z We have to recognize and accept the fact that we live a lot of our lives in places that are corporate autocracies, and that it is our choice to do so. Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But the stakes are even higher today: democracy vs. autocracy, hunger in developing countries, high inflation, high commodity prices in the whole world, achievement or forfeiting of climate goals, the future of Taiwan. Opinion | This is our war, too 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z It’s a step that brings hope to many in the struggling North African nation, but critics warn it could return Tunisia to autocracy. New constitution gives some Tunisians hope, others concern 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z A debate has long raged at universities and think tanks, through public diplomacy and state media outlets: Does democracy or autocracy perform better in times of crisis? With Crisis Everywhere, Do Democracies Have an Edge? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The symbolic importance of this — namely that organic, grass-roots-created democracy is possible in the Arab world — posed a crucial counterargument to regional autocracies and violent extremists. Opinion | Tunisia’s constitutional referendum represents a dark day for democracy 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The fact that it is our choice is what gives us a sense of freedom from the feeling of being in an actual autocracy, because we can always choose to leave. Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Opposition parties boycotted the referendum, saying it dismantles the democracy Tunisia introduced after its 2011 revolution and could start a slide back towards autocracy. Tunisians back new constitution but turnout just 25%, exit poll says 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Already fiercely vying for loyalties in Asia, Beijing and Washington are now jockeying broadly for influence, with the United States, Europe and their democratic allies positioned against China, Russia, Iran and other autocracies. Where China Is Changing Its Diplomatic Ways (at Least a Little) 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z That question gained prominence in the 1990s as several Asian autocracies, their economies booming, presented what was taken as a new rival to the democratic model. With Crisis Everywhere, Do Democracies Have an Edge? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Analysts note that Hungary lacks the traditional trappings of autocracies. US conservatives embracing controversial Hungarian leader 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Tunisians will vote today on a new constitution, which could move the country further toward autocracy. Your Monday Briefing 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z A party that backed the pre-revolution autocracy held its own on both days. Tunisians vote on constitution expanding president's power 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z And Mr. Biden has denounced autocracies, promoted the importance of democracy and called for global cooperation on issues that include climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. On U.S. Foreign Policy, the New Boss Acts a Lot Like the Old One 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z While some commentators pointed to, say, Iran’s early failures as proof that dictatorships’ secrecy and corruption would doom them, others pointed to how many autocracies, like Vietnam, excelled. With Crisis Everywhere, Do Democracies Have an Edge? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z But people are invested in ensuring Sri Lanka doesn’t fall again into this situation where it’s teetering on autocracy, where there’s little transparency and where the will of the people is ignored. Sri Lanka’s Uprising 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Critics say he's taking Tunisia back to where it was before the 2011 Arab spring - outright autocracy. Tunisia referendum: President Kais Saied seeks mandate to extend powers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z What causes a society to be a democracy or an autocracy or an oligarchy or whatnot? How the states went nuts: Democratic backsliding in state capitals — and how to defeat it 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z He has promised to uphold rights and freedoms won in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy, but his critics say he is marching towards one-man rule and they fear a slide towards autocracy. Tunisian police disperse protesters with pepper spray and sticks 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Leftist political figures across the EU warn Hungary is devolving into a kind of autocracy, with political power more centralized than in Western Europe. Hungary’s FM pushes for talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Tunisians will vote tomorrow on a new constitution that critics say would move the country further toward autocracy. Sri Lanka’s Uprising 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z The president has repeatedly outlined his soaring vision of a global struggle between democracy and autocracy, but that does not always yield an obvious path forward. Three journalist deaths fit uneasily in Biden’s human rights push 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z In his July 14 letter, “A little autocracy for oil,” J.F. Opinion | All we have to fix is humanity itself 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z “But it’s also the result of Biden administration policy setting up the China challenge as democracy vs autocracy,’’ she added, “which puts Saudi on the Chinese side of the ledger.” As Biden Reaches Out to Mideast Dictators, His Eyes Are on China and Russia 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The Gulf states and Egypt are embroiled in very brutal strong-arm autocracies in which human rights, supposedly the hallmark of Mr. Biden’s foreign policy, are nonexistent. Opinion | What’s a little autocracy for a little oil? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden has often cast this era in history as a contest between democracy and autocracy, and barred Cuba and Venezuela from a recent summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for their repressive practices. Nukes, Oil and a Prince’s Redemption: A Trip Fraught With Perils for Biden 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z They have set out to undermine democracy around the world and expand autocracy. Making Sense of Shinzo Abe 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “If you look at the real threat over the next decade, it is China’s efforts to promote autocracy and undermine democracy, not necessarily militarily, but by promoting its system of governance as superior,” he said. Saudi trip captures competing demands of rights agenda, ‘great power’ contest 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z This is particularly true given the Biden administration's framing of US-China rivalry as part of a struggle between autocracy and democracy, said Mr Johnson. Americans in the crosshairs of China's spy game 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Kelly Burton, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which has backed many of those suits, said the battle was more about stopping a creeping autocracy than about changing political boundaries. Next Front Line in the Abortion Wars: State Supreme Courts 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Americans live in fear of gun violence, and fear is a breeding ground for autocracy, Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s daughter, writes. A Bluer Picture 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z It’s a legacy with relevance far beyond Japan, including for the war in Ukraine and the larger struggle between autocracies like Russia and China and democracies like the U.S., the European Union and Japan. Making Sense of Shinzo Abe 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z If approved, critics said it would push Tunisia — the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 Arab Spring protests still standing — further toward autocracy. Tunisia’s President Drafts Constitution Giving Himself Broad Powers 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “The invasion seems to have made investors more aware of autocracy risk than ever before, and they see that freedom works as a leading indicator,” Tolle said. How Russia's war blindsided the world of ESG investing 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z They are firefighters battling a blaze of autocracy and unconstitutional depravity sweeping across the country. Dr. Lance Dodes: Trump is a dangerous sociopath — but he's sane enough to stand trial 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z China, an autocracy with a long record of human rights abuses, took the opportunity to mock American pretensions to moral leadership. Biden says America is leading. On abortion, Europeans disagree. 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The G-7 partnership announced Sunday responses to China’s so-called Belt and Road Initiative, which Western officials have argued fosters autocracies in the developing world. Russia war in Ukraine, China’s growing global influence top Biden agenda on major Europe visit 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Until his government funding was cut in 2020, he created an annual ranking of how nations worldwide were trending toward democracy or autocracy. Column: After a week of guns, abortion and insurrection, California's resistance matters more than ever 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Biden speaks often of the world being in a generational struggle between democracies and autocracies that will set the global agenda for the coming decades. Biden’s mission in Europe: Shore up alliance against Russia 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The Biden administration maintains that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “firmed up” democracies on the threats from autocracies in both Moscow and Beijing. Solidarity behind Ukraine’s Russia fight atop summit agendas 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Left-leaning think tank Third Way is kickstarting a new initiative to counter China online, emphasizing the need for “digital democracy” to triumph over “digital autocracy.” Left-leaning think tank pushes new effort to counter China online 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Historian Michael Beschloss, in Twitter commentary about the hearings, said the answer depends on whether America by then is a democracy or autocracy. Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “I do think that we came the closest we ever came since our democracy was created to being turned into an autocracy.“ Column: The real lesson of the Jan. 6 committee? Stop electing Trump sycophants to Congress 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z He aims to use the trip to show that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “firmed up” democracies on the threats from autocracies in both Moscow and Beijing. Biden’s mission in Europe: Shore up alliance against Russia 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z They are anti-democracy followers of Donald Trump’s party, which advocates an autocracy in place of our present representative democracy with Mr. Trump as president for — well, as long as it wants him to be president. Opinion | Trump supporters are not conservatives, they are right-wing extremists 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z In an interview last year, she said she had returned to help “stem Cambodia’s complete plunge into autocracy.” Cambodia Sends U.S. Activist and Other Opposition Members to Prison 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It's hard to say since this country has long been working to create and support global arsenals of autocracy. Arsenal of autocracy? Major weapons makers cash in worldwide — not just in Ukraine 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Already, the players and media are discovering what life is like under an autocracy. Opinion | The Saudi-backed golf rival for the PGA is a case of ‘LIV and let die’ 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z “I don’t want anybody, Democrat or Republican, in the future to be able to exploit the system, because then we’re no better than the autocracy I escaped,” she said. Stephanie Murphy: Her roots in Vietnam fuel a concern for democracy. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Each day we learn more and more on just how close our democracy came to autocracy. NAACP president calls for Jack Del Rio to ‘resign or be terminated’ for ‘dust-up’ remark 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z "We'll see some inferences of the China-Russia partnership as a coalition of autocracies ... China will defend their relationship with Russia, their position and policy in response to Ukraine." In shadow of Ukraine war, U.S. and China set to clash at Asian security meeting 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Historian Ruth Ben-Shiat argued in October in the Washington Post, that gun violence "fosters political, social and psychological conditions that are propitious for autocracy." Republicans love the mayhem and massacre caused by lax gun laws 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a debate between those who think our openness as a democratic society is an advantage in the struggle with autocracies or a disadvantage,” Malinowski told me. Opinion | The GOP’s immigration paranoia is harming national security 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Biden, through the early going of his presidency, has repeatedly said that the world is at a key moment in history where democracies must demonstrate they can out-deliver autocracies. Pledge of more oil heightens odds of Saudi trip for Biden 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z In an autocracy, the leaders make that choice. Merrick Garland "fears no person," says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he's coming for Trump 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The critical variable for Blattman is the efficiency of the system of checks and balances operating in a society, not necessarily its level of democracy or autocracy. Review | An incremental way to peace despite Putin and the persistence of war 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Naval Academy on Friday that they will serve a key role in defending democracy from autocracies such as Russia and China in the next decade. Biden tells Naval Academy graduates that next decade will be ‘decisive’ for democracies 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z In his opening remarks at the summit, Mr Biden said that their meeting was about "democracies versus autocracies, and we have to make sure that we deliver". Quad Summit: World faces 'dark hour' with Ukraine war, says Biden 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It is "all part of the autocracy playbook," Weingarten explained, and has no place in any kind of educational environment. Social workers say the far right's adoption of "pedophile" as an insult is hurting real victims 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z That is the core difference between American democracy and the kind of American autocracy that Donald Trump is pushing. Merrick Garland "fears no person," says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he's coming for Trump 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z But in the North, there is a deadly coronavirus outbreak in a largely unvaccinated autocracy that can best command the world’s attention by flexing its nuclear capabilities. Biden, South Korean leader to consult on how to check NKorea 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z He has framed his foreign policy in large part around the notion that democracies need to show they can still deliver for their people more effectively than autocracies. Biden, after months focused on Ukraine, makes first trip to Asia 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “As our world faces a pivotal moment in the fight between the forces of democracy and autocracy, the transatlantic alliance remains vital to the future of freedom in the world,” she said. Greek’s leader tells Congress democracy is tested by Russia 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Instead, the war’s boundaries are being expanded and the war itself recast as a struggle between democracy and autocracy, in which the Donbas is the frontier of freedom. Opinion | America and Its Allies Want to Bleed Russia. They Really Shouldn’t. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Domestically, it is an autocracy with no political parties and where political activists and critics of government policy are heavily surveilled, have been targeted with sophisticated hacking software and are sometimes jailed. Mohammed bin Zayed, an Ambitious U.S. Partner, Rises to Lead the U.A.E. 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Past governments had refused to bury him at the cemetery because of his brutal 20-year era of martial law and autocracy, which ended with his overthrow in a 1986 “people power” uprising. After Philippines election triumph, Marcos visits dictator father's grave 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Opponents have warned that the alliance between the Marcoses and the Dutertes could usher in a new era of autocracy in the Philippines. Marcos Win Prompts Protests in the Philippines 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z “And we’re saying no to tyranny, to the idea that autocracies will outpace democracies in the 21st century, because that’s what is at stake here in my view.” Greek’s leader tells Congress democracy is tested by Russia 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden casts Putin's invasion of Ukraine as a fight in a much broader global battle between democracy and autocracy. On possible nuclear strike, Russia says: it's all in our military doctrine 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden has cast Putin's invasion of Ukraine as a fight in a much broader global battle between democracy and autocracy and has repeatedly called Putin a war criminal. Putin to mark Soviet Union's WW2 victory as war in Ukraine grinds on 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Nicaragua’s ruling family has largely weathered sanctions imposed by the United States in recent years as American officials accused the country’s government of sliding toward autocracy. Nicaragua’s Secretive Ruling Family Reaches Out Quietly to the U.S. 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Yet America has a checkered past in favoring democracy over autocracy. Ukraine emerges as our tumultuous world’s new ‘beacon of light’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z He described the nearly 10-week-old invasion as an “ongoing battle in the world between autocracy and democracy.” Defense secretary says U.S. arms being put to ‘good use’ in Ukraine 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Today, the transformation of the democratic republic into an autocracy has advanced. Global forecaster on "another bad year for democracy": Is the world near a dire tipping point? 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “This is a time we stand up for democracy or we allow autocracy to rule the day,” Mr. Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told reporters in Poland on Sunday. Pelosi leads congressional delegation in unannounced visit to Kyiv 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Speaker Nancy Pelosi also gave nod to the moment, saying the war is a battle between democracy and autocracy, and echoed Roosevelt’s call on Americans to provide the fuel to keep light of democracy burning. House passes military lend-lease bill to speed Ukraine aid 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Since today’s global conversation is about autocracy versus democracy, how do the two most notable nations measure up? Ukraine emerges as our tumultuous world’s new ‘beacon of light’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z President Biden likes to say that we are locked in a global battle pitting democracy against autocracy. Column: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In death as in life, Ms. Albright evoked the eternal struggle between democracy and autocracy that flared again in her final days in a land not far from her own native country. At Madeleine Albright’s Service, a Reminder of the Fight for Freedom 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The current right-wing anti-LGBT campaign is paving a road to autocracy, playing almost verbatim from Mr. Putin’s playbook. Opinion | Straight from Putin’s playbook 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “But as long as Germany continues to buy fossil fuels, whether from Russia or other autocracies, it undermines both its own credibility and its energy security,” she said. Report: Germany top buyer of Russian energy since war began 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “This gets to the heart of the Achilles’ heel of any autocracy, which is the inability of anyone to speak truth to power,” he said. Effective propaganda machine props up Putin’s domestic base, Blinken says 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Only autocracies are equipped to meet the extraordinary challenges of modern times. Column: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “Though Thailand may currently appear as a democracy, it is at heart an autocracy,” said Paul Chambers, a lecturer in international affairs at Naresuan University in Thailand. With Us or With Them? In a New Cold War, How About Neither. 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z “An arc of autocracy is challenging the rules-based order our grandparents had secured,” Morrison said, referring to China, Russia and North Korea. Australia commemorates war dead with few COVID restrictions 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z There is a sense of inevitability in Naím’s narrative given the many factors driving autocracy today. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “Biden sees this moment as a contest between democracy and autocracy,” he said. U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But here’s the flip side: Despite democracy’s glaring flaws, autocracy isn’t the answer. Column: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The opera’s multiracial cast relies on gospel, blues, folk, rock and spirituals to bring out Butler’s themes of crisis and opportunity, autocracy and democracy. Folk-opera take on sci-fi novel comes to town, after a long gestation 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Nor does the existential conflict between democracy and autocracy resonate so much outside the policy hothouse of Washington. Katty Kay: Why inflation in US is bad for Ukraine 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The challenges facing democracies are worsening, with inflation driving up the cost of food and gas prices worldwide, climate change intensifying, and autocracies becoming more violent. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s possible to imagine all of the president’s most practical suggestions being implemented and still wonder how they could reverse a global slide into autocracy. Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “But the fact that democracies are bad at responding to serious challenges that require either rapid decision-making or long-term thinking does not mean autocracies are any better.” Column: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z As the New Republic recently warned, "Our system of government is crumbling. Around the world, autocracy looms. The tasks ahead could not be more urgent." Has the mainstream media already made its peace with fascism? We'll soon find out 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "India and the UK both share anxieties about autocracies around the world. We're both democracies, and we want to stick together," Johnson said, stressing the need to move away from relying on foreign hydrocarbons. PM Johnson: UK hopes to clinch Indian free trade deal by year-end 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Naím is more interested in describing the array of economic, political, social, technological and attitudinal reasons that the world is primed for 3P power; the world has been “made safe for autocracy,” he writes. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z If they do, though, they would do well to remember the fate of internet platforms in Russia once autocracy was complete: disappearing one by one, like lights blinking off in a rolling power outage. Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The deal — if the signed version, as expected, resembles the draft — reveals a stunning set of potential precedents for world leaders who are already losing sleep over the global contest between democracy and autocracy. Why a Chinese Security Deal in the Pacific Could Ripple Through the World 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But it isn't useful to turn this into a war of ideology, she said - refusing to frame it as a conflict between autocracies and democracies. Working with assertive China a must - New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z I recently wrote about how international trade has made some Western nations — Germany in particular — unwilling to confront autocracy. GOP, party of plutocrats 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z A key feature of modern autocracies like Russia is the ability of powerful people to loot their economies at home and park their assets in safe havens in the West. Review | How Russia fought a U.S. rights law — and the man who championed it 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “We must commit now to be in this fight for the long haul,” Biden said during a visit to Warsaw last month, outlining the fight as one between democracy and autocracy. U.S., allies plan for long-term isolation of Russia 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Revolts against autocracy soon swept the Arab world, ousting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but the hopes for a new era were dashed by a return to authoritarian ways. Opinion | The last, best hopes of the Arab Spring fade away in Tunisia 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z In Sudan, the military takeover derailed a transition that had raised hopes of an end to decades of autocracy, civil conflict and economic isolation after former president Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a 2019 uprising. U.S. Special Envoy for Horn of Africa to step down soon - sources 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “We have the same goal, to end autocracy and discrimination in Russia.” At D.C.’s Dacha Beer Garden, Kevin Bacon drops by to help Ukraine effort 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In Russia in particular and in autocracies around the world, sanctioning family members is often essential to making sure financial penalties have the desired punch. Biden, Putin children open targets in sanctions over Ukraine 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z If you want evidence of how America would fare under a Trumpian or a DeSantian white nationalist Christian autocracy masquerading as a democracy, look no further. Stealth school board candidates are everywhere: But "Stop the Steal" isn't working for them 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Their victories on Sunday highlighted an underlying discord in attitudes among European nations toward the autocracies of Russia and China. Wins for pro-Putin leaders buttress autocracies in Europe 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Last year saw a record number of nations degenerating into autocracy, a condition now found in 33 countries that are home to 2.8 billion people, or about 36% of the world's population. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z People who have not experienced it tend to believe all autocracies are the same, but in reality, regimes and freedoms vary, and repressions exist in shades. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z People realized that they enjoyed far greater freedoms in their new country, despite its corruption, than under the oppressive autocracy that Putin sought to impose. For Putin, invasion is the latest in a long string of failures in Ukraine 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z That ambiguous approach to the war in Ukraine, Marki-Zay said, has made Sunday’s election about whether Hungary would belong to the democratic West or among the autocracies of the East. Opposition vows end to Orban’s autocratic rule in Hungary 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The opposition has portrayed Sunday’s election as a referendum on whether Hungary will belong to a league of Western democracies or return to its historical past as a repressive, Russian-dominated autocracy. Hungary’s Orban claims he can keep nation out of Ukraine war 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Countries with the highest scores are considered "liberal democracies," with others ranked, in declining order, as "electoral democracies," "electoral autocracies" or "closed autocracies." Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z For Belarusians, the shift from gray to black, from autocracy to totalitarianism, was calculable in lives. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z More broadly, he defined the struggle of the moment as "a new great battle for freedom: a battle between democracy and autocracy, between liberty and repression, between rules-based order and one governed by brute force." Joe Biden defends democracy abroad — but what about right here at home? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Now, Russia’s war is accelerating the economic breakup between democracies and autocracies. Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “Russia is moving from autocracy to the totalitarian regime where the propaganda is so important,” Morawiecki said. Google’s chief: focus on reliable information for Ukraine 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z On the other extreme are "closed autocracies," meaning countries without elections, that effectively dictatorships. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “He describes the current situation in Ukraine as Russians defending against a foreign invasion, not as Ukrainians fighting for democracy, and their lives, against a Russian autocracy.” A spiritual defense of the war in Ukraine? Putin's patriarch is trying 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The war in Ukraine has complicated things further, as President Joe Biden’s administration frames his showdown with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as part of a global battle between democracy and autocracy. North Korea signals it’s preparing for a nuclear test, exploiting US-Russia rift 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The widening rupture between the world’s democracies and its autocracies has further darkened the global picture. Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z He cast Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a battle in a much broader conflict between democracy and autocracy. Kremlin says Biden's remark on the end of Putin is alarming 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z "Electoral autocracies" are states that hold elections, but with little or no real effect on who holds power. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Biden’s speech at a castle in Warsaw, which came hours after an emotional encounter with Ukrainian refugees, was intended to telegraph Western resolve against Russia’s actions and, more broadly, the forces of autocracy worldwide. Biden’s Putin remark pushes U.S.-Russia relations closer to collapse 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Biden cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a battle in a much broader conflict between democracy and autocracy. Reactions to Biden saying Putin 'cannot remain in power' 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z In Warsaw, Biden concluded a three-day visit to shore up relations with European allies by delivering what aides had said would be a “significant speech” on the importance of democracy over autocracy. Rockets strike Lviv, indicating Russia’s unrelenting barrage 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Casting the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a historic global battle between democracy and autocracy, Mr. Biden urged democracies around the world to unify against such authoritarian aggression. Biden: Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Salon posed V-Dem a series of questions about the changing nature of autocracy and autocratization, as well as how defenders of liberal democracy are responding. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “As the autocracies tighten their relationship … it is very important for the democracies to stand together.” China woos India as both face Western ire over Ukraine 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “Over the last 30 years, the forces of autocracy have revived all across the globe.” Reactions to Biden saying Putin 'cannot remain in power' 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z “Is democracy going to prevail and the values we share, or are autocracies going to prevail?” Biden ending Europe trip with unity message that echoes past 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z A month ago President Biden’s talk of making democracy prevail over autocracy seemed like a gauzy ideological sheen surrounding his plans to take on China. In Putin’s Misbegotten War, NATO Sees Danger and Opportunity 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Finally, many of the coups we saw in 2021 resulted in the downgrading of a country's regime type from electoral autocracy to closed autocracy. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z He added: “In 2020, the fight between democracy and autocracy took place in Belarus. But Belarus didn’t receive enough support. Now the fight is in Ukraine.” Belarusian Exiles in Ukraine Join the Fight Against a Common Foe: Russia 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The crisis in Ukraine has taken Biden’s own chosen frame for his presidency — a historic confrontation pitting democracies versus autocracies — beyond the theoretical. Biden arrives at NATO looking to keep allies unified as Russia's war in Ukraine continues 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden already frames his foreign policy in ideological terms, as a mission of unifying democracies against autocracies. Ukraine War and Pandemic Force Nations to Retreat From Globalization 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z As a result of his experience as vice president, Biden sees in Ukraine a “fragile, plucky, still somewhat challenged democracy standing up against the massive, thuggish autocracy,” Nuland said in an interview. How Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 is shaping Biden’s actions today 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The most important argument against autocracy is, of course, moral: Very few people can hold unrestrained power for years on end without turning into brutal tyrants. Another dictator is having a bad year 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z What Morrison called a "new arc of autocracy" that would "challenge and reset the world order" also has spy chiefs worried. 'I'm Australian but Ukraine is part of my identity' 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Allowing Russia’s aggression to succeed would mean ratifying a future that privileges power over justice, autocracy over self-determination and impunity over accountability. Opinion | Zelensky reminds us that impunity is the enemy of justice 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet without the burden of those memories, Cambodia’s youth may be better suited to fight Hun Sen’s autocracy, through activism and online dissent. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Biden has cast the war as a defining moment in the worldwide struggle between democracies and autocracies. Ukraine’s president addresses Congress on Wednesday. What does he want? 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Beyond that, however, in the long run autocracy is less effective than an open society that allows dissent and debate. Another dictator is having a bad year 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z It has framed the April election as a historic choice between Western democracy and Eastern autocracy symbolized by Putin’s Russia, and sought to exact accountability on Orban’s government for its close Russian ties. War in Ukraine is center stage at Hungary’s election rallies 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z They clealry envisioned a transnational push to end democracy and replace it with white nationalist autocracies. GOP voters finally buck Trump: Republicans unwilling to be Putin's puppets — for now 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z In the near term, Moscow’s aggression is sure to invigorate Biden’s global fight for democracy against autocracies like Russia, making vivid the threats to fledgling democracies like Ukraine. Ukraine war ushers in ‘new era’ for U.S. abroad 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Blinken, who visited Latvian capital Riga on Monday, said the Baltics have “formed a democratic wall that now stands against the tide of autocracy” that Russia is pushing in Europe. After Ukraine, Europe wonders who’s next Russian target 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z As the number of autocracies around the world is rising and that of democracies shrinking, we are witnessing a tragic struggle between a despotic regime and a nascent democracy. Opinion | Hostility toward Russians living in the U.S. is a shocking display of misguided prejudice 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The war in Ukraine is a showdown between autocracy and a liberal free world. It doesn’t take a madman to start a nuclear war 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z "A new arc of autocracy is instinctively aligning to challenge and reset the world order in their own image," he said. China must join global action against Russia's Ukraine war - Australia 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z That stance undermines Biden’s insistence that democratic nations band together against autocracies. Ukraine war ushers in ‘new era’ for U.S. abroad 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z As Russia’s economy craters, the U.S. is seizing on an opportunity to advance its agenda among Latin American autocracies that might start seeing Putin as an increasingly weak ally. US officials travel to Venezuela, a Russia ally, as the West isolates Putin 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z “We are taking steps to stand up for democracy, stand up for democracy versus autocracy stand up to the actions of a brutal dictator,” Psaki said. Russian invasion reorders West’s calculations on cost of war 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z The situation highlights the asymmetric battle democratic governments face against autocracies in information wars. Analysis-How the Biden White House is fighting Russian disinformation 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Pompeo also framed the Russian war in Ukraine as a battle of democracies and autocracies, praising Taiwan for being on the front lines of this fight between “freedom and tyranny.” In unofficial capacity, Pompeo urges US to recognize Taiwan 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “In the battle between democracy and autocracies,” the president said, “democracies are rising to the moment and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security.” Washington crackdown on Russia intensifies as White House targets oligarchs and Pelosi backs oil ban 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z He took on his political problems with renewed urgency because his core commitment to “the battle between democracy and autocracy” is more central to his presidency than ever. Opinion | Biden soars abroad while he rebuilds at home 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Nearly 200,000 workers swarmed the streets shouting, “Down with the autocracy!” and “Down with the war!” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dictatorships are sometimes identified as either autocracies or oligarchies. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In the battle between democracy and autocracies, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security. Full transcript of Biden’s State of the Union address 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Eastern Europe was not the battlefield Mr. Biden had in mind when he raised the idea last year that the battle of “autocracy versus democracy” would be the defining foreign policy principle of his administration. Unity in a Foreign Policy Crisis, but Questions Still to be Answered 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security,” Biden said. ‘We will save democracy’: Biden offers hope to resilient Ukrainians in war with Russia 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Like his grandfather Nicholas I, Alexander III clung to the principles of autocracy, a form of government in which he had total power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An autocracy is a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Biden instead focused on a new war in Europe, where Russia invaded Ukraine days ago, bringing to bloody life the global battle between autocracy and democracy that he’s often warned about. Analysis: Biden seeks ‘reset’ on pandemic and his presidency 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The speech and the war in Ukraine gave Biden both the platform and the urgent reason to talk about the fight between democracy and autocracy not as an abstraction but as an urgent reality. Biden speech takeaways: War in Ukraine transforms focus 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z When Biden came to office, his focus in this struggle between democracy and autocracy was more on the threats from a rising China and its president, Xi Jinping. ‘We will save democracy’: Biden offers hope to resilient Ukrainians in war with Russia 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z When Nicholas II became czar in 1894, he continued the tradition of Russian autocracy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The unprovoked attack threatens global energy markets and the security of Europe and the West, and has challenged Biden’s proposition that democracies are destined to triumph over autocracies. The state of the union is anxious, but annual speech to Congress offers Biden an opportunity 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Biden insists the outcome is certain: “In the contest between democracy and autocracy, between sovereignty and subjugation, make no mistake: Freedom will prevail,” Biden said in an address Thursday. Ukraine invasion spotlights the delicate state of democracy 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z He longs for the shadowy era when Moscow was a menacing superpower, not a withering autocracy. Opinion | Rash Putin Razes Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Neither current democracies nor autocracies are tending these seeds, ones that must be front and center for our species, let alone our democracy, in all our glorious colors, to thrive. Opinion | A World Moving Toward Autocracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Through measures such as these, Shi Huangdi established an autocracy—a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the contest between democracy and autocracy, between sovereignty and subjugation,” he said, “freedom will prevail.” At the moment he’s prepared for his whole career, Biden faces the limits of his power 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z And while Trump displayed coziness with Putin, Biden cast the Russian leader as an adversary in a global struggle between autocracy and democracy. Analysis: Ukraine crisis reshaping Biden’s presidency 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z She called the events a clash between oppression and autocracy and freedom and democracy. FM: Putin must feel wrath of the world 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Our global trend toward autocracy has been well documented and has produced a great deal of legitimate worry. Opinion | A World Moving Toward Autocracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z This is not really autocracy; it's somewhere in between. The distorted "freedom" of the truck convoys: “A huge number of Americans want a dictatorship" 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Biden has portrayed the Ukraine tension as part of a global fight between autocracy and democracy. Analysis-Russia crisis presents Biden limited upside at home, plenty of downside 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “Ukraine wants to stand up to autocracy, and they have a democracy and want to keep it,” said Askold Kozbur, a Ukrainian American who gathered at the memorial in Chicago Saturday. Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S. grieves, pleads for peace as conflict escalates in their homeland 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z To those who would argue that this is simply a case of two autocracies ganging up, it’s worth noting that it was not always thus. Opinion | Why is the Biden administration uniting our adversaries? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Will we yield to autocracy and suppression, or revitalize democracy, the rule of law and working for the common good? Opinion | A World Moving Toward Autocracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “You use the dichotomy of democracy and autocracy,” Jaishankar said last year. Hindu nationalism's threat to Muslims and India’s status as the world's largest democracy 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “This is the most important date in Bahrain’s recent history, when Bahrainis stood up against an autocracy — and 11 years later they have invited the head of an apartheid state.” Israeli Leader Meets Bahraini Rulers, Signaling Regional Shift 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z All democracies, in fact, should subject their climate policies to geopolitical vetting, ensuring that the green transition does not create short-term reliance on oil and gas from autocracies. Opinion | The crisis over Ukraine is far from over. Some lessons are clear already. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Can our democratic republic continue if one party is embracing autocracy and fascism and the other party is playing by the rules? "Trump will get his comeuppance": Rep. Jamie Raskin promises consequences for Jan. 6 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z And mockery is one way to combat autocracy. MSNBC’s Joy Reid on the fragile stage of our democracy: ‘We are already in decline’ 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z "The coalition of autocracies that we are seeing, seeking to bully other countries, is not something that Australia ever takes a light position on." Australia evacuates embassy in Kyiv, calls on China to speak up for Ukraine 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Russia and China stand against attempts by external forces to undermine security and stability in their common adjacent regions,” they said in the 5,300-word statement, which illustrated the widening rift between democracies and autocracies. In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z If Beijing lent stronger support to Moscow, that "could create more tensions with the US, including a clearer democracy versus autocracy split," she tells the BBC. China: What does it want from the Ukraine crisis with Russia? 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The costs of failure could be catastrophic - terrible hardship for Tunisians, a slide into full-blown autocracy, or a social explosion that could inflame a migration crisis and create opportunities for militants. Economic pain threatens social and political chaos in Tunisia 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z |
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