Arch Puddington is emeritus scholar at Freedom House. He has written widely on global democracy, and is author of the Freedom House Special Report, Breaking Down Democracy: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians (2017).
History: The Dictator’s Plaything
More and more Americans are catching on to what dictators have always understood—the importance of controlling the historical narrative.
Not Your Father’s Dictators
The decline in democracy is accelerating. We should be afraid, very afraid.
How Democracy Makes America Great
Two longtime servants of American democracy make the case for the greatness that lies within the system.
