G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and curbs on civil liberties across the world. EIU, our s ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in ...

The most democratic countries in the world are great examples of what a true democratic system should be like. It is not about electoral processes but the inclusivity of citizens, gender equality, ...

In a year marked by intensifying geopolitical tensions, rising living costs and mounting pressure on public institutions, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 paints a bleak, ...

Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.

Jonathan Laurence warned that democracy in the United States will decline gradually and then suddenly, in line with current trends in democratic countries. “Half of 167 [democratic] countries ...

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 ...

Amid a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea, and Zambia cohosted the second Summit for Democracy on March ...

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted ...