Kenneth Roberts
Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University and expert on democracy and comparative politics, providing in-depth analysis of V-Dem findings and U.S. democratic erosion.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 43min
A Year of Autocratization: Steep Declines in Democracy Registered in 2025 V-Dem Report
Paul Friesen, a Cornell researcher who analyzes V-Dem survey data, and Kenneth Roberts, a Cornell comparative politics professor, unpack the V-Dem 2025 findings. They discuss the dramatic one-year U.S. decline and which institutions drove it. They trace global backsliding and spotlight countries slipping or improving. They end by flagging signs of institutional and societal pushback to watch in the year ahead.
Mar 22, 2026 • 43min
A Year of Autocratization: Steep Declines in Democracy Registered in 2025 V-Dem Report
Paul Friesen, research associate focused on V-Dem indicators and global autocratization patterns. Kenneth Roberts, Cornell government professor and comparative politics expert. They discuss the V-Dem 2025 report's startling U.S. score drop and which institutions drove it. They map global shifts—declines in India and Indonesia, recoveries in Poland and Guatemala. Conversation closes on judicial, electoral, and societal fault lines to watch.
