Geopolitics
A Sovereign State Under Siege: Israel's Constitutional Crisis and the Global Populist Playbook for Hollowing Democracy
In July 2026, the Israeli cabinet openly declared it would not recognize actions taken under a Supreme Court ruling, creating a potential constitutional crisis by making executive compliance with the judiciary conditional. This represents a dangerous new phase of populist assault on institutional checks and balances, threatening the very core of democratic accountability and serving as a textbook case of how democratic norms are hollowed out from within by those in power.
