As millions watched Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday night, one performer jumped atop a car prop and unfurled a half Sudanese-half Palestinian flag before they ...

If one were to design a path to authoritarian rule, it would be what we have seen in the first weeks of the Trump administration. For my book “No Democracy Lasts Forever,” I studied how ...

Unlike in a full-scale dictatorship, in competitive-authoritarian regimes, opposition forces are legal and aboveground, and they often seriously vie for power. Elections may be fiercely contested.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

“I mean, this is what happens in authoritarian countries,” Toobin told Cooper. Trump floated a pardon for Adams in December and said “he was treated pretty unfairly.” Toobin told Cooper on Monday that ...

In 1960, The Queen adopted a personal flag to be flown on any building, ship, car or aircraft in which she was staying or travelling. The Royal Standard represents not only the Sovereign but also the ...

Around the world, many longstanding democracies have begun to wither, crumbling under the slow yet advancing spread of authoritarian populism. In a recent talk at the Carr Center, Senior Fellow Luís ...