For all its recent setbacks, democracy still has the resources not only to resist but also to beat back the authoritarian tide.

TAI editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gedmin speaks with the Presidents of Finland and Estonia, in Helsinki and Tallinn.

TAI editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gedmin speaks with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.

TAI editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gedmin speaks with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid.

American political discourse has long revolved around a non-stop labeling game that often does more to obscure political realities than to elucidate them. Is it possible to explode the game?

After a convincing win in last month’s elections, the question is whether Narendra Modi and his BJP are becoming entrenched political fixtures, or whether India’s rambunctious democracy will soon turn on the incumbents.

Lost in the electoral struggle for Istanbul, the deeper lesson of Turkey’s local election is the rise of Turkish nationalism. It has weakened President Erdoğan, and it offers the United States new options in developing a coherent Turkey policy.

The protests and the government’s backpedaling have exposed fissures running through the mainland, and even into Beijing’s ruling elite.

In the 1951 classic, an otherworldly being feeds on all-too-human fears—and shows how bonds can fragment in a climate of paranoia and distrust.

From a purely electoral perspective, a visible effort to deliver on campaign promises usually beats not trying, and winning even minor concessions is typically better than ending up with nothing at all.