The Wall Street Journal editorial board was none too impressed with President Donald Trump's latest harebrained idea for a ...

Before the 1990 elections, many experts had assumed that the main effect of local democracy would be to deliver more autonomy ...

The intersection of religion and politics is a sensitive realm, but the global conversation has undeniably arrived there. The recent conflict between the Pope and the US President was not a personal ...

Opponents of Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi have expressed alarm after his declaration this week that he is prepared to serve a third term - breaching a two-term limit in ...

Indian American political scientist’s research focuses on authoritarian regimes and transitions to and from democracy.

The lesson Mao drew from these events was that under one-party rule, an opening for dissent can easily ignite rebellion.

From friendly grand juries to Jim Crow voting maps, the former Confederacy looks to save Trump’s autocratic ambitions.

Grotesquely excessive punishment for minor or fictional dissent – such as a coffee stain on the leader’s image or an ...

On April 22, just 10 days after Viktor Orbán, the corrupt, authoritarian leader of Hungary, was ushered out of office in a ...

Jennifer Gandhi, a scholar of comparative politics and political economy and deputy dean of Yale's Jackson School of Global Affairs, has been named ...