Category Competitive Authoritarianism

On Populism – Time is a Flat Circle – Part One: An Assessment

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On Populism – Time Is a Flat Circle Part One: An Assessment How the populist right and the populist left are converging on Tucker Carlson’s show, and why populism itself, not left or right, is the axis that actually matters.…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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