Historically, there has been the proverbial argument about whether the United States is a democracy or republic. The answer is the United States is both. But that question pales in comparison to the ...

“No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” observed Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in his 1999 book “Development as Freedom.” My recent ...

With the Biden administration’s newly released National Security Strategy (NSS) and fresh eyes on the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, observers might expect a confident reimagining of U.S.

Schemes of national governance are complicated and subject to generalization, but for the sake of argument, let’s put “democracy” at one end of a spectrum and “autocracy” at the other and consider the ...

Source: Allan Ramsay (1713–1784); National Portrait Gallery: US Public Domain July 4th is traditionally a day for Americans to celebrate our independence from an autocratic king and to reflect on ...

Autocratic regimes have recently been gaining power around the world, often via democratic elections and the mobilization of popular support. Autocracy, it appears, appeals to many people. The ...

In recent times, the world has borne witness to heinous acts of violence and aggression committed by authoritarian regimes. The actions of Hamas in Israel, supported by Iran, and Russia’s activities ...

“Our Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, to collectively defend democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of rising authoritarianism,” says editor Stephan Lewandowsky. “Free research ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonas Gamso, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) “No famine has ever taken ...