Weekly early-warning intelligence on democratic backsliding, institutional erosion, and state capture — tracking V-Dem and Freedom House signals before annual indices catch up. Published every Monday.
The Hungary April 12, 2026 parliamentary election represents the first confirmed democratic reversal of an entrenched autocratising incumbent within the European Union, with immediate implications for
Read briefing →The Hungary April 12, 2026 parliamentary election represents the first confirmed democratic reversal of an entrenched autocratising incumbent within the European Union, with immediate implications for
Read briefing →The V-Dem 2026 identification of the United States as the fastest autocratizing democracy in modern comparative politics represents a structural shift in the geography of democratic erosion and underm
Read briefing →The V-Dem 2026 identification of the United States as the fastest autocratizing democracy in modern comparative politics represents a structural shift in the geography of democratic erosion and underm
Read briefing →The V-Dem 2026 identification of the United States as the fastest autocratizing democracy in modern comparative politics represents a structural shift in the geography of democratic erosion and underm
Read briefing →The 2026 US midterms represent the most significant electoral integrity stress test in a consolidated democracy since the V-Dem ERT dataset began in 1900. The combination of 75+ career official purges
Read briefing →Georgia third foreign-funding law package combined with criminal prosecution of eight opposition leaders and Constitutional Court petition targeting entire nine-party opposition alliance represents th
Read briefing →Georgia third foreign-funding law package combined with criminal prosecution of eight opposition leaders and Constitutional Court petition targeting entire nine-party opposition alliance represents th
Read briefing →The criminalisation of journalism represents a qualitative shift in press freedom suppression mechanisms globally, enabling regimes to maintain electoral autocracy classifications while suppressing pr
Read briefing →United States has crossed threshold into electoral democracy status with structural risks to multiple democratic pillars
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