World Democracy Monitor — W/E 20 April 2026
Hungary exemplifies autocratisation from within via institutional capture
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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.
World Democracy Monitor — W/E 18 April 2026
US faces rapid institutional decay with vdem_ert_active across multiple pillars
Read briefing →World Democracy Monitor — W/E 13 April 2026
US institutional capture accelerates autocratization risking FIMI vulnerability
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Read briefing →World Democracy Monitor — W/E 6 April 2026
Hungary votes on April 12 with Tisza polling 19–23 points ahead of Fidesz — the most consequential EU electoral test in a decade — while Benin holds a closed presidential contest on the same day and the US executive-SCOTUS confrontation enters a new phase.
Read briefing →World Democracy Monitor — W/E 1 April 2026
Hungary enters the final 11 days with aggregate polling at 50.8% for Tisza — a potential end to 16 years of illiberal rule — while the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments testing whether the 14th Amendment citizenship clause can be reinterpreted by executive order alone.
Read briefing →World Democracy Monitor — 30 March 2026
Tisza leads Fidesz by 23 points with 13 days to Hungary's April 12 election; Georgia's new March 2026 law package completes its civil society capture architecture; and the Philippines enters the heatmap as a new Rapid Decay entry after CIVICUS adds it to its Watchlist at Repressed rating.
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