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In societies that are under siege from fascist and other such authoritarian, illiberal, and antidemocratic forces, be it from within or without, there is a temptation to surrender in advance.

But Kickl has also aligned his party closely with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the self-styled champion of "illiberal democracy", and shared a more conciliatory tone when it comes to Russia.

Is climate change now gathering sufficient destructive force to cripple Washington’s liberal world order and create an opening for Beijing’s decidedly illiberal one?

Through the changing of election laws, skewed taxation and regulation and control of the media and messaging in schools in schools, Orban has built what he boasts is an "illiberal democracy," Szelényi said.

Today, with illiberal authoritarians rising worldwide and drawing praise from American politicians and media figures, the threat to democracy is just as timely a subject.