Despite these poor human rights records, all three countries will join traditional U.S. allies among the 111 nations in President Joe Biden's inaugural two-day "Summit for Democracy," which kicks ...

All this has led to many carefully worded statements from White House officials about how much authority the U.S. has to push other countries to promote democracy and free and fair elections.

The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, ...

These days, we hear a lot about the United States crossing the Rubicon from democracy to authoritarianism. But where are we ...

This Pew Research Center analysis on views of how to improve democracy uses data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 24 countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East, the ...

Report: Democracy Declines in Eurasian Countries Democracy has been waning for 19 consecutive years in Central Europe and Central Asia, according to Freedom House. By Elliott Davis Jr.

In addition to the 12 countries where the Center has consistently tracked satisfaction with democracy over time, we asked the same question in 11 other nations this year. Across all 23 countries ...

Three countries where democracy actually staged a comeback in 2018 December 17, 2018 More than 6 years ago Ethiopia’s newly elected prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, attends a rally during his visit ...

Still, it wasn't all bad for American democracy, according to Silva-Leander. "We've seen increasing levels of electoral participation in the U.S., particularly in the last elections," she said.

This time, it’s about whether democracy will return to the junta-led countries, which have all promised elections in 2024 but show few signs of organizing them. Many people living under military ...

We paint democracy as a utopia, but it is not. It has been called, as Churchill noted, the worst form of government except for all the others — subject to abuse and manipulation and often sclerotic.

Democracy has historically played little role in driving global health. Autocracies, such as China and Cuba, are famous for providing good health care at low cost. Many countries that experienced ...