Courts are under fire around the world, from Israel to the United States. How can they stay independent? Andrew O'Donohue breaks it down. See more in @jodemocracy.bsky.social: https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-courts-survive-democratic-backsliding/

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The U.S.’s alarming decline is in part due to the Republican Party’s refusal to confront the authoritarianism of its own leader. A party that will not defend democratic principles at home forfeits much of its credibility when it condemns Xi Jinping’s authoritarianism in China.

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“When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility. “

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Steven Levitsky considera que EEUU ha caído ya a la categoría de "autoritarismo competitivo". En @jodemocracy.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...

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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Journal of Democracy 37.4, Oct 2026 FREE THRU 31 OCT tiny.one/mv7u9x8a CONTRIBUTORS Steven Levitsky Lucan A. Way Breza Race Maksimovic Jamila Raqib Rabah Arezki Jie (Jason) Lian Maria Nagawa Senem Aydın-Düzgit Berk Esen Sebnem Gumuscu and more @jodemocracy.bsky.social

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