Historically, there has been the proverbial argument about whether the United States is a democracy or republic. The answer is the United States is both. But that question pales in comparison to the ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

Democracy is in danger. Two out of three people worldwide currently live in an autocracy; 20 years ago, it was only one in two. Even in traditionally stable democracies such as the US, institutions ...

Democrats warned that the 2024 election presented a choice between democracy and autocracy, competence and incompetence, and a government that works for all the people and one that would be dismantled ...

The United States is no longer a democracy. At least, that’s the verdict of one nonprofit, the Center for Systemic Peace, which measures regime qualities of countries worldwide based on the ...

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

Since the early 2000s, the world has witnessed a deepening democratic recession, and Asia is no exception. Compromised political freedom, constitutionalism and competitiveness characterise many ...

In an era teeming with global crisis liberal democracy is looking increasingly fragile. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum, this is not simply due to social ...