Added Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor and authoritarianism expert at New York University: “We have just been introduced to the talking point designed to create the circumstances for another ‘Stop the Steal’ when the time is right.”

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-is-lying-about-another-election-being-stolen-from-him-the-one-still-a-year-away_uk_652250f2e4b09f4b8d4062d0

At the same time, “fundamentally, my view is that authoritarianism is coming from the private sector,” not from those who’d attempt to seize control of democratic institutions by force.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/21/matt-stoller-hawley-trust-busting-00092679

Beyond Trump’s individual sociopathic behavior, a far-right agenda is being created that will provide a certain ideological clarity to his bumbling authoritarianism.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/10/27/the-coming-of-2025-what-a-second-trumpocracy-would-mean_partner/

By comparison, today's Republican Party have full-on embraced neofascism, authoritarianism, racism, white supremacy, misogyny, bigotry, anti-intellectualism, anti-rationality and political cultism.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/03/24/the-view-gets-it-wrong-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-be-covered--not-ignored--by-the-media/

Can the EU stop its members from sliding toward authoritarianism?

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230604-lech-walesa-joins-hundreds-of-thousands-of-poles-in-anti-govt-march-in-warsaw

Glorification of one leader and advocating one-party rule in preference to India’s diverse, multiparty federal structure are further indicators of the country’s gradual slide into authoritarianism.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/modi-regimes-prickliness-to-criticism-is-growing/

His critics, however, saw him as a defender of authoritarianism and repressive development.

Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/168882/human-rights-in-the-last-75-years

His opponents say the plan, which would give Netanyahu power over the appointment of judges, could weaken a system of checks and balances and push the country toward authoritarianism.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/national/police-release-security-video-from-nashville-school-shooting-fire-kills-39-at-migrant-facility-womens/article_1351056d-432e-564e-884a-e978cc9af229.html

I am only pointing out the cementing and overt manifestation of authoritarianism in India’s political structure during the coalition era.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/the-authoritarian-roots-of-indias-democracy/

If Erdoğan wins, it could portend a further erosion of the remaining opposition in Turkish public life, especially given his past record of authoritarianism and vengefulness.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/01/02/five-crucial-to-watch-around-the-world-in-2023_partner/

Instead, while the world slept, Chinese authoritarianism metastasized.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/two-ways-indonesia-is-helping-china-persecute-the-uyghurs/

It’s called dictatorship and authoritarianism.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/12/27/editorial/letters/letter-angst-comes-from-how-far-right-nation-has-gone/

It was a display of tramadolised authoritarianism characteristic of most military rulers past and present all over the world.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/obasanjogate-liberate-traditional-rulers-from-tyranny-of-politicians-muric/

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of authoritarianism, tweeted this week that “prosecuting criminals protects society from further extremist violence.

Source: https://themoderatevoice.com/trump-didnt-get-the-turnout-he-wanted-for-his-miami-perp-walk/

That is the modernizing path he most wants for his people to silence Americans and Europeans who accuse him of brutal authoritarianism.

Source: https://themoderatevoice.com/xi-jinping-is-spinning-a-clever-web-to-outwit-joe-biden/

The discussions focused on the challenges faced by the Belarus people, civil society and media in the context of authoritarianism in Belarus and on the background of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609162069/tsikhanouskaya-countries-of-free-world-will-never-give-up-on-our-independence

The number of countries moving toward authoritarianism is more than double the number moving toward democracy, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/07/12/countries-currently-living-under-military-rule/

The reason why, as diagnosed by Posen, is Xi’s plunge into authoritarianism.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/aug/13/putin-and-xi-are-the-laurel-and-hardy-of-statesmen-but-its-no-laughing-matter

The report reveals that even though there are several challenges facing democratic governance globally, 86 per cent of respondents prefer it to authoritarianism.

Source: https://punchng.com/corruption-biggest-hindrance-to-nigerias-democratic-development-global-report/

'They have imposed medical authoritarianism in the guise of pandemic mandates and restrictions that lack a scientific basis.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11596101/Ron-DeSantis-manifesto-Florida-citadel-freedom.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490