Many Parts of the "Free World" May Be Transitioning Toward a More Illiberal and Authoritarian Regime

The momentous changes we have seen in the constitutional orders of Western nations since the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world last year do not bode well for the future of free and open societies. The overwhelming tendency – sadly, with only a handful of exceptions – has been to embrace an ever more illiberal and authoritarian model of governance…