The global average dropped to a new record low of 5.17, down from a high of 5.55 in 2015. Just 6.6% of the world’s population now lives in a full democracy, down from 12.5% ten years ago.

Like apartheid-era South African whites, today’s Republicans will need to choose between an accommodation with the coming ...

Human Rights Watch's Carine Kaneza Nantulya discusses what’s happening in the United States and how people can band together ...

A new report alerts that the United States may lose its democracy status due to authoritarian trends under Trump's leadership ...

"While there is still evidence that citizens largely support the idea of democracy ... University of Southampton Trends in trust in six institutions from global models (only including democracies).

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A new study from Marc Jacob, assistant professor of democracy and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at ...

Democracies often have fewer murders per capita than other countries, but they are often also wealthier than countries with ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed nearly a quarter-century ago, it led to triumphalism about the "end of history" and the ultimate victory of liberal democracy over other forms of government. Since then ...

Pakistan's democracy ranking went down six spots in 2024 while being ranked among the 'top 10 worst performers' in the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on Thursday.

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