Bending the Arc of Democracy
The Kettering Foundation was a headline sponsor for this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, held in what many consider to be…
Theme: Authoritarianism
Trump Administration Purging LGBTQ+ People From Public Jobs and the Public Memory
Running in 2024, Donald Trump and JD Vance made attacking LGBTQ+ people a central feature of their campaign. The then-candidates…
Charlie Kirk’s Murder Sparks Calls for Civil War And Violent Retribution Against Political Opponents
The murder of Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus has ratcheted up political tension at home and abroad.…
Project 2025: The Far-Right Plan to Destroy Democracy
With Trump’s return to the presidency, Project 2025, a 920-page blueprint for authoritarianism in the U.S., spearheaded by the powerful…
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Mirror European White Nationalist’s Scheme to Ethnically Cleanse the Continent
Since the second Trump administration took power in January, the United States has suffered a judicial crisis, the systematic erasure…
First Approach To Identifying The Common Challenges To Democracy In The Western Balkans And Eastern Partnership Countries
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) and Western Balkans (WB) regions are at an uncomfortable crossroads between democracy and autocracy. They share…
USA: How ‘Defunding’ the US Agency for Global Media sacrifices freedom of expression for millions
On Friday 14 March 2025, US President Donald Trump signed yet another executive order instructing the US Agency for Global…
Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence
About a month after Trump returned to the White House, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism’s (GPAHE) Global Extremist…
Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Confirm America’s Authoritarian Turn
President-elect Donald Trump’s slate of cabinet nominees represent an upending of high standards for appointments at this level and are…
Assemblies as an antidote to authoritarianism
Democracy often feels under siege in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Only last month, Moldova’s referendum on EU membership was…