In this edition, Debasish Roy Chowdhury examines the emergence of authoritarian neoliberalism in India, and Jordan Ryan assesses the democratic degeneration in the United States a year into the second Trump administration. This issue also includes the latest book from Douglas Murray on “Democracy and Death Cults.” It concludes with a commentary from Professor Wolfgang Merkel on the AfD’s rise in Germany and the pertinent question: can party bans save democracy?

