When a democracy slides toward autocracy, the leader often finds ways to neuter the legislature, turning it into a body that ...

Recently, democratic countries from the Global North and South – including Brazil, Chile, Norway, and Spain – came together at the United Nations not just to reaffirm ...

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

The Senate voted Thursday to approve a resolution that would block President Trump's tariffs on countries around the world, ...

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

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

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

America will not survive as a democracy or republican form of government if freedom of speech and expression and personal liberty are abandoned.

President Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992. He made the ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance. By Serge Schmemann ...

Two survivors of the Pentagon's boat attacks were returned to their home countries, raising new concerns about whether such ...