Donald Tusk speaks during election convention in Katowice, Poland, on October 12, 2023. | Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The thing about elected authoritarians is that they sometimes lose elections. Such was the case in 2023 with Poland’s Law and Justice party.  Key takeaways After a period of democratic backsliding, governments that want to restore democratic rule face an “illiberal trilemma”: They seek to unwind authoritarian rule legally, quickly, and effectively — but it’s very difficult to achieve all three. In Poland, efforts to restore liberal democracy has mea...

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