Search Results for: authoritarian populism

Democracy ‘erodes from the top’: How elites nurture illiberal populism

     

Liberal democracy is losing steam, say analysts Ayisha Osori, the Director, Ideas and Fellowship Collaborative at the Open Society Foundation (OSF). Udo Jude Ilo, the Interim Executive Director at the… Read more »

Russia sought to impose autocracy on Ukraine – now it’s discrediting populism

     

A former commander in the Russian mercenary Wagner Group is seeking asylum in Norway, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the Associated Press on Monday. The man, whom it identified as Andrey Medvedev,… Read more »

‘Brittle façade’ of Putin’s Russia limits authoritarian contagion?

     

Democracies have been bent out of shape by rising populism but autocrats are more likely to crack under pressure, as the brittle façade of Vladimir Putin’s Russia demonstrates, analyst Philip… Read more »