Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis shone a light on the use of ...

In principle, a person who supports a government of, by, and for the people should not also support a system that concentrates power in the hands of a few. Yet substantial and rising shares of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explosions are seen at Fort Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, Jan. 3, 2026. Luis Jaimes/AFP via Getty Images The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Venezuela attack represents the clearest example during Trump’s second presidency ...

In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I review Freedom House’s latest report on the fortunes of democracy, delve into the three major international forces exacerbating the global decline in ...

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...

After the end of the Cold War, experts who closely studied trends in democratization believed that democracy was destined to sweep the globe. With the Soviet Union gone, there was no clear ideological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When he was first sworn in as Uganda’s president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni declared that his victory represented a “fundamental ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Venezuela attack represents the clearest example during Trump’s second presidency ...