More than 60 countries are holding national elections in 2024, making it the largest election year in history. This presentation takes stock of these contests with particular attention to their ...

A Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) professor will join a five-person fellowship cohort to examine democracy’s role in the world and propose ideas to strengthen democratic networks, the university ...

Democracy is not in decline. The nation-state is. That distinction — between democracy and the nation-state — might seem strange because it is so rarely made. When people around the world talk about ...

NATO Enlargement and the Spread of Performative Banana Democracy: Competing Perspectives Harvey Waterman and Dessie ...

It’s a sign of our troubled times that when asked about the health of their democracies, millions of citizens curse politicians, complain about poor government performance, and express fears that ...

Global evidence demonstrates that democracy is not a fixed model. Instead, it reflects the interplay of historical legacies, ...

Dissatisfaction with democracy is high and, in many places, rising. But how do people think democracy in their country could be improved? To answer this, Pew Research Center asked over 30,000 people ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Annual reports on the health of democracy this year reaffirmed an ongoing trend of decline, which has occurred alongside a less heralded but ...

It promises to be another difficult, uncertain year for many in Central Europe and beyond. But it is only through the power of independent journalism that these issues, trends and events shaping the ...

Is democracy on the decline? One research institution says not only is the answer to that question “yes,” but that the decline has been happening for years – and the so-called democratic recession is ...