Category Competitive Authoritarianism

Authoritarian Playbook, Competitive Authoritarianism, Geopolitics, India, India-Pakistan Crisis, Line of Control, Narendra Modi, Pakistan, The Modi Doctrine

Brinkmanship in Vermilion: Modi’s Escalation of the India-Pakistan Conflict

Brinkmanship in Vermilion: Modi’s Escalation of the India-Pakistan Conflict Latest Developments Night of Strikes and Sirens In the dead of night, the conflict that had been brewing for weeks erupted into bright plumes of fire on the horizon. Air-raid sirens…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
May 10, 2025

Authoritarian Backsliding (United States), Competitive Authoritarianism, Democratic Backsliding, Donald J. Trump, The Trump Doctrine, United States of America

April 25, 2025: The Death of American Democracy Began With a Judge in Handcuffs

April 25, 2025: The Death of American Democracy Began With a Judge in Handcuffs I. Prologue: One Arrest and the Death of American Democracy April 25, 2025. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Judge Hannah Dugan, a sitting state circuit court judge with a record…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
April 25, 2025