With the 2026 parliamentary elections approaching, the annual Budapest Pride Parade seemed poised to become the next fight ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

I n 1997, Fareed Zakaria wrote an important article for Foreign Affairs detailing the rise of “illiberal democracy” around the world. He contrasted the term with “liberal democracy,” which ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Trump-backed proposal to conduct a new census and redraw congressional districts is clearly ...

I voted for Trump because I think his illiberal tendencies are actually a feature rather than a bug. When he undermines rule of law, I see not a danger, but someone who is undermining a system ...

How Viktor Orbán Built His Illiberal State Fidesz’s victory Sunday was the culmination of many events that, once upon a time, we thought couldn’t happen here. Illustration by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo ...

America has indeed transformed into an illiberal democracy. So, what can American citizens do? Dr. Nazarian talks about roles people can play in fighting antisemitism that can be applied to the ...

Prime Minister Víktor Orbán of Hungary uses this formula to describe a democracy that rejects traditional protections for minority populations and points of view, affirming instead the ...

Liberal democracy seems to be one of the many exits on which the democratic experiment could end, but there are others, like illiberal democracy, that are equally likely.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the United Nations General Assembly in 2019. Turkey under Mr. Erdogan has seen a shift toward illiberal democracy.

With Opposition Gains, Poland Looks to Unwind an ‘Illiberal Democracy’ With all of the votes counted, liberal parties have probably won by enough to assemble a new coalition.