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President Biden’s decisions on when to speak out forcefully for democracy can prove tricky.

President Joe Biden has made it his mission to wage what he momentously calls “the battle between democracy and autocracy.” But what to do when the ones he believes are undermining democracy are friends? In the case of Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed through parliament new curbs on an independent judiciary, Biden has chosen to speak out. The vote in Jerusalem, he declared, was “unfortunate,” the fourth time in a week he chastised Netanyahu for his drive to enhanc

Just exactly what kind of problem is ‘democratic backsliding? Is it a truly global phenomenon, and what is causing it? Where does correlation end and causation begin? In a recent working paper, Tom Carothers and Benjamin Press of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ask the right questions, and settle on the vital role of ‘countervailing institutions’ – the checks

As the world faces a democratic recession, many of the most common explanations fall short. But looking more closely at antidemocratic leaders’ motivations and methods reveals valuable insights about different types of backsliding and how international actors should respond.