Autocracy in America

Despite growing up in the Soviet Union, host Garry Kasparov admired American values—believ... more

Michael McFaul witnessed Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on dissent as U.S. ambassador to Russi... more

When host Garry Kasparov created the Renew Democracy Initiative in 2017, the founding mani... more

In the fight to save democracies from the grips of autocrats, defenders of democratic valu... more

With all the hype and hysteria around AI, it’s important to remember that AI is still just... more

When democracy and civil society are all you’ve known, they are easy to take for granted. ... more

What does the future of Europe look like with the rise of newly aggressive authoritarian s... more

With the United States stepping back from its global leadership role, many around Europe a... more

Soviet dissidents have long admired the United States and its Founding Fathers for their a... more

How should American power be deployed in the world? Since the Cold War, America’s role as ... more

What is a dissident? In an autocracy, standing against the rulers could mean harassment, p... more

Have Americans grown complacent, thinking nothing can shake the United States’ democracy? ... more

Since The Atlantic first released the podcast Autocracy in America last fall, Donald Trump... more

The former world chess champion and lifelong democracy activist Garry Kasparov guides a ne... more

Anne Applebaum speaks with The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg about the conse... more

Hosts Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev talk with Hanna Rosin about the new series We L... more

Freedom in the United States is a word that has had more than one meaning. It has meant fr... more

Since the earliest days of the republic, America’s international friendships have shaped d... more

Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate hundreds of workers across federal agencies if he beco... more

In authoritarian states, the public has no agency and no real access to justice. Renée DiR... more

The corruption of democracy begins with the corruption of thought—and with the deliberate ... more

There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, yo... more