We live in a time when democracies have challenges in many parts of the world, and the number of countries defined as democracies has been going down in recent years and decades. Today, less than ...

Kristin Diwan, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, unpacks Kuwait's dramatic turn last week when the country's ruling Emir suspended the parliament and parts of ...

Sweden is the most democratic country, according to the research, with 9.88 average score. Ireland, 9.71 points, the Netherlands, 9.66, and Norway, 9.55 follow the Scandinavian kingdom.

Top of the table here – and in other indices – is Norway. It’s considered the most democratic country in the world. But Norway also has a king, and is therefore a parliamentary monarchy. In the 2021 ...