After an authoritarian government is toppled, the hard work of institutional reconstruction begins. But how can those spearheading that process possibly succeed, when major political forces refuse to accept the fundamentals of a competitive electoral system?
WARSAW – This month’s presidential election in Turkey, followed by October’s parliamentary vote in Poland, could continue a trend that began in 2020 with Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the United States and continued last year with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s triumph over Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Both elections provided a powerful sense that the tide was turning against populist authoritarians.
WARSAW – This month’s presidential election in Turkey, followed by October’s parliamentary vote in Poland, could continue a trend that began in 2020 with Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the United States and continued last year with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s triumph over Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Both elections provided a powerful sense that the tide was turning against populist authoritarians.