After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study. The global democracy index score is at just 5.17 out of 10, its lowest ...

The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) issued its 2024 report on May 8, revealing important and interesting shifts in global perceptions about democracy, geopolitics and international relations. The ...

"In 2024, the same year democracy levels hit their lowest point since The Economist's Democracy Index was created in 2006, RSF noted that journalists’ work was increasingly obstructed by political ...

Nearly half the world’s population live in countries that will hold national elections this year, the largest such proportion in more than a century. But the big picture is complicated: “Over half of ...

The Athens Democracy Forum last week explored the world’s schisms in the face of threats from technology and shifts in the world order. By Roger Cohen Roger Cohen is the Paris bureau chief for The New ...

The Democracy Index offers a comparative snapshot of how democratic systems function across the world. Compiled annually by ...

Next year, countries with more than half the world’s population will hold elections, as The Economist noted. More than 4 billion people live in the countries that will be voting. As I’ve seen over the ...