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Authoritarianism

Activists stage an anti-corruption demonstration in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

People versus Elites, Populist Logics in Indonesia’s 2025 Unrest

September 4, 2025

Indonesia is witnessing its largest wave of protests since Reformasi, sparked by the death of Affan Kurniawan during Jakarta’s labor...

Large protests demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government as part of the Anti-Quota Movement and Bangladesh Quota Reform Protests. Thousands took to the streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 4, 2024. Photo: M.D. Sabbir.
Interviews

Prof. Cheeseman: Mass Mobilization Is Critical When Institutions Fail to Contain Authoritarianism

September 4, 2025

In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Nic Cheeseman dissects the global resurgence of authoritarian populism and the uneven pathways...

Professor Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, affiliated with the University of Vienna, and a member of the ECPS Advisory Board.
Interviews

Professor Wodak: Autocracy Has Become a Global Economic Corporation Backed by Oligarchs and Social Media Power

August 4, 2025

In this powerful interview with ECPS, Professor Ruth Wodak warns that “autocracy has become a global economic corporation”—a transnational network...

Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University-
Interviews

Professor Bartov: Making Life Impossible in Gaza Is a Deliberate Strategy of Slow-Moving Genocide

August 7, 2025

In a powerful interview with ECPS, genocide scholar Omer Bartov argues that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to a...

Erdogan
Reports

The Transnational Diffusion of Digital Authoritarianism: From Moscow and Beijing to Ankara

June 4, 2025

DOWNLOAD PDF Please cite as:Yilmaz, Ihsan; Mamouri, Ali; Morieson, Nicholas & Omer, Muhammad. (2025). “The Transnational Diffusion of Digital Authoritarianism:...

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Reports

Authoritarian Diffusion in the Cyberspace: How Egypt Learns, Emulates, and Cooperates in Digital Authoritarianism

May 20, 2025

DOWNLOAD REPORT Please cite as:Yilmaz, Ihsan; Mamouri, Ali; Akbarzadeh, Shahram & Omer, Muhammad. (2025). “Authoritarian Diffusion in the Cyberspace: How...

Marine Le Pen
Commentaries

From Fraud to Framing: Marine Le Pen’s Trial and ‘Alternative Truth’

May 8, 2025

Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzling EU funds might have marked a legal defeat—but politically, it became a narrative victory....

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi—Associate Professor at Department of History, California State University, San Marcos.
Interviews

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi: Authoritarianism Is the New Normal and the Prevailing Norm

May 6, 2025

In this timely and thought-provoking interview, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi explores how authoritarianism has become “the new normal” in the Middle...

Dr. Spyros Sofos—Assistant Professor in Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
Interviews

Dr. Sofos: The More Rigid the Erdogan Regime Becomes, the Easier It May Break

April 23, 2025

“The more rigid the regime becomes, the more easily it may break,” warns Dr. Spyros Sofos in an illuminating interview...

Protest in Istanbul
Interviews

Dr. Tas: Coercion Has Become the Erdogan Regime’s Default Tool of Governance

April 12, 2025

In this compelling interview with ECPS, Dr. Hakki Tas argues that repression—not legitimacy—has become the Erdogan regime’s default mode of...

Ekrem Imamoglu, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Interviews

Prof. White: Erdogan’s Arrest of Istanbul Mayor a Sign of Insecurity—And That Makes It More Dangerous

April 10, 2025

In a comprehensive interview with ECPS, Professor Jenny White calls the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu “absolutely... a sign...

Protests in Turkey.
Interviews

Dr. Cevik: Turkey Has Crossed the Critical Threshold from Competitive to Full Authoritarianism

April 1, 2025

In a compelling interview with ECPS, Dr. Salim Cevik argues that Turkey has “crossed the biggest threshold from competitive authoritarianism...

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