A survey of more than 500 political scientists found that they believe the United States is headed towards authoritarian rule ...

Every once in a while, the president has a day — a single, 24-hour period — in which his authoritarian vision comes into ...

While there are continued disputes about the compatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority democracies exist.

For those whose way of life feels threatened, the death of democracy in favor of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and even fascism seems like a small price to pay in the hopes of getting it back.

In the US government, "checks and balances" refers to the system where each branch (legislative, executive, and judicial) has the power to limit the actions of the other two, preventing ...

That said, while one can fairly characterize Nicaragua as a totalitarian state, it is still somewhat short of the “ideal-type” totalitarianism exemplified by Maoist China or today’s North Korea.

A month after Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted mutiny, Russia is well along the path from ordinary authoritarian control to full-on totalitarian repression.

Nevertheless, many professors I worked with deeply admire authoritarianism. ... Jameson interprets Marx the same way Marx's most vociferous enemies interpret him: as a totalitarian.