In recent years, the global political landscape has witnessed a notable decline in political trust in public institutions.

Schemes of national governance are complicated and subject to generalization, but for the sake of argument, let’s put “democracy” at one end of a spectrum and “autocracy” at the other and consider the ...

The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest edition, corresponding to the year 2024, only 25 countries, representing 6.6% of the world ...

Western politicians are increasingly framing migration as a threat to national security and social cohesion. In doing so, ...

Global patterns show that democracy around the world continued to weaken last year, according to a new report. The Global State of Democracy 2025, published by the Stockholm-based International ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado lauded the Indian democracy and called it an example for countries around the world.

The U.S. and Chinese governments’ attacks on the international order are undermining global institutions and efforts that ...

We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is ...