Caroline Anne Sapp is a research analyst at the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).  As a member of the OFAC team, Ms. Sapp assists applicants around the world with investigating funds that were blocked...

About the EventUsing a number of justifications, including that of regional security or defending state sovereignty, authoritarian regimes are pursuing new antidemocratic norms. To shield themselves from international scrutiny, resurgent authoritarians...

An array of illiberal forces has built momentum in recent years that is increasingly challenging democratic norms and the international order. Repressive states such as China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela are at the cutting edge of domestic...

The Journal of Democracy April 2015 issue features a collection of articles exploring “The Authoritarian Resurgence” in Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.In