The United Nations Security Council, for instance, is extremely unlikely to hold to account any of its five permanent members ...

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may... Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow ...

As the United States heads toward the midterm elections, there are growing concerns among some political scientists that the country has moved even further along the path to some form of autocracy.

There have been a number of letters from supporters of President Donald Trump criticizing comparisons of Trump to Adolf Hitler. As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” that can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of ...

In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously addressed the challenge of defining hard-core pornography by stating, “I know it when I see it.” If we apply that standard to President Donald ...

The once-wealthy Iranian economy, powered by petroleum, is faltering. Iranians lack food and fuel while Khamenei's mullahs and their families live like royalty. Iran ...

In the first part of this travelogue, I gave an insight into how Taiwan passed through its teething period in nationhood. In this continuation, I intend to deal more with its democratic structures and ...

Where are these autocratic ideas coming from? Better yet, who is pushing these ideas? President Trump leans toward being a “global dominator” with his administration’s policies. It’s interesting as to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Venezuela attack represents the clearest example during Trump’s second presidency ...