Authoritarianism
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From Kundera to Kamra, why authoritarian regimes hate laughter
Rajendran Narayanan
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Can American democracy survive its authoritarian fascination for Donald Trump?
Ashok Swain
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Will Trump’s America mirror Viktor Orbán’s Hungary in its slide toward authoritarianism?
Gábor Scheiring, The Conversation
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India among 20 countries flagged by anti-censorship network for digital authoritarianism
Scroll Staff
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Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians
Anjor Bhaskar Rajendran Narayanan
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Kavita Krishnan: The Left must change course – it is speaking the same language that tyrants do
Kavita Krishnan
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The global erosion of democracy has opened up space for China’s authoritarianism to spread
Chris Ogden, The Conversation
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Digital authoritarianism: Kazakhstan is the latest country to use internet shutdown as a weapon
Margaret Hu, The Conversation
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India, US and Brazil showed most worrying examples of decline in democratic tenets in 2020: Report
Scroll Staff
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In authoritarian regimes, political institutions may look democratic even when they are not
Zeynep Menteşoğlu Tardivo, The Loop
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What explains support for authoritarian populists in Hungary and Poland?
Tomasz Mickiewicz, The Conversation
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Is eroding democracy bad for the economy? What Venezuela, Hungary and Turkey suggest
Byunghwan Son, The Conversation Nisha Bellinger, The Conversation
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Democracy and decentralisation: How Turkey can ease its Kurdish conflict
Ronay Bakan
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Watch: John Oliver draws attention to the troubling rise of authoritarianism across the world
Scroll Staff
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JV Pawar interview: ‘The government is saying that anyone who supports Dalits will be jailed’
Ajaz Ashraf
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Modi has drawn many lessons from Indira Gandhi’s Emergency – save one
Ajaz Ashraf
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Have the Americans lost faith in democracy? A survey offers interesting insights
Marc Fleurbaey, The Conversation
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Brazil’s biggest problem isn’t corruption – it’s murder
Renato Sérgio de Lima, The Conversation