Author: Thea Riofrancos | Journal of Democracy

Thea Riofrancos is associate professor of political science at Providence College, a strategic co-director of the Climate and Community Institute, and a fellow at the Transnational Institute. She is the author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador (2020).

January 2025, Volume 36, Issue 1

The Perils of Climate Alarmism

Thea Riofrancos

Democracies — facing gridlock and polarization — often fall short. But it should be remembered that dictatorships do even more harm.