President Joe Biden spoke to foreign leaders Wednesday about how he'll rescue world democracy at the Summit for Democracy. Yuri Gripas - Pool via CNP / MEGA Sounding like a Quaalude Savior, President ...

Seven breakout sessions including short presentations by academics, policy-makers and other experts and the presentation of 3 to 4 innovative initiatives, followed by an extensive discussion with the ...

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy comes at a great cost to those most marginalized. Demonstrators in São ...

The World Forum for Democracy 2026 will mark the culmination of the Pact’s consultation phase, placing emphasis on “democratic foresight”, that is, the ability of our democracies to anticipate the ...

A photograph recently circulated on social media purportedly showing two Chinese professors in Shanghai standing between a squad of police officers and students protesting the government’s zero-COVID ...

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 ...

Nearly half the world's countries are seeing a drop in their levels of democracy, according to a report published by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey of 24 democratic ...

Annual reports on the health of democracy this year reaffirmed an ongoing trend of decline, which has occurred alongside a less heralded but related stalling of women’s political participation. Given ...