A new report has found serious concerns about the state of global democracy as more countries slip in democratic performance.Global patterns show that democracy around the world continued to weaken ...

Winning an election is only the first step. For Bangladesh, the real test lies in turning votes into lasting institutions, accountable governance, and a resilient democracy ...

Jonathan Laurence warned that democracy in the United States will decline gradually and then suddenly, in line with current trends in democratic countries. “Half of 167 [democratic] countries ...

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...

Morocco ranked first among Arab countries in the Visual Capitalist’s 2025 Democracy Index map based on the 2024 Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, placing it at the head of ...

India fares very poorly in global democracy rankings not because the problems are worse in the country, but because Indians ...

The rise of authoritarian leaders like US President Donald Trump shows that too many of us took democracy, and the prosperity it generates, for granted. Now, a growing movement of democratic countries ...

During the interwar years, support for revolutionary, anticapitalist parties by the Soviet-led Communist International laid the groundwork for the expansion of communism after World War II. Following ...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted ...