A new global democracy report finds the U.S. at its lowest level of democratic performance in the 50 years it has been ...

Leaders of more than one hundred countries took part in the U.S.-hosted Summit for Democracy in early December, seeking to spotlight efforts to confront authoritarianism, fight corruption, and promote ...

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 ...

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LONDON — This year, more than any in recent memory, global democracy rests on the edge of a knife: Never before will so many people around the world have the opportunity to vote, but rarely have ...

Immediately following the recent Republican presidential debate, a television focus group described it in just five words: “Foreign policy takes center stage.” Given that primary debates are often ...

Democratic governance declined for the 20th year in a row last year in a region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia, according to Freedom House's annual Nations in Transit report, released ...

NH Republican Primary Showdown; The State of Global Democracy in 2024 : Up First from NPR Former President Donald Trump gets an endorsement from Senator Tim Scott just ahead of the NH primary. Also, ...

In the past two decades, a slide from democracy toward autocracy has been a consistent global theme. Countries in most regions of the world have witnessed a systematic dismantling of democratic ...

WELCOME to Global Playbook, coming to you from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, which kicks off today with a focus on Ukraine, Taiwan, tech and freedom. I’m Suzanne Lynch, bringing you all the news ...

The International IDEA report finds judicial independence, freedom of expression, press freedom and access to justice at their lowest global levels in at least three decades.

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