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When Guardrails Break: Turkey’s Terrifying Warning to the Democratic World

https://www.nccadvocacy.org/post/freedom-house-freedom-in-the-world-2025#:~:text=Freedom%20on%20the%20Net%202025,with%20sharpest%20decline%20in%20freedoms
When Scapegoating Becomes Strategy: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric 

When Scapegoating Becomes Strategy: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric 

by Mohammed Abaherah | Apr 17, 2026 | Boston University

“I feel like my country is being stolen by people who have come here illegally,” a Tea Party member told researcher Arlie Hochschild. “People come in and have the benefits of taxes, and the money spent on them puts a burden on the state, which makes...
Authoritarian Populism in Disguise: Orbán’s Anti-Worker ‘Pro-Worker’ Regime

Authoritarian Populism in Disguise: Orbán’s Anti-Worker ‘Pro-Worker’ Regime

by Austin Wise | Nov 13, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh

Intro     In the last two years, Hungary has seen an influx of worker-led protests, even as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán maintained tight control over politics and the media. From 2023 to 2024, teachers and union members took to the streets of Hungary to...

The New(er) Order: Subianto’s ties to Authoritarianism

by Kate Hein | May 1, 2024 | Ursinus College

Indonesia’s next president, Prabowo Subianto, won the recent election backed by current president Joko Widodo, due to his choice of running mate: Widodo’s son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka. However, up until a few months ago, 36 year old Raka would not have been allowed to...

Similar ways of Autocratization by Erdogan and Orban

by Anna Thorner | Jan 7, 2024 | Sabanci University

Both leaders have faced criticism for actions that limit the indolence of the media, thereby constraining the free flow of salt information. Orban’s government has been accused of exerting control over media outlets and creating a less pluralistic media landscape....
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