The Bertelsmann Stiftung's new transformation index says that the world is becoming increasingly autocratic and existing autocracies are becoming more entrenched. One of the few counter-examples: ...

Péter Magyar’s election victory gives Hungary its best chance in a generation to break with a centuries-long pattern of ...

Democracies under pressure: more and more countries are sliding into authoritarian systems of government and democratic systems are on the defensive, according to the latest Bertelsmann Stiftung ...

In the heavily gerrymandered Buckeye State, the GOP-controlled legislature rules without fear of voters, and it’s hard at ...

The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.” A poster on a wall in Margate, United Kingdom, showing ...

A leading global research center on democratic systems has issued a stark warning about political trends in several countries, concluding in its latest annual report that Bulgaria is now among those ...

If we only focus on the limits of human rights, we tend to overlook their deeper function in the resilience of democracy.

Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman also admonished the Trump administration, saying suppressing political speech is ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s latest bid to limit press access, tearing into the Department of Defense ...

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, said that freedom or the country’s prosperity is quite impossible without democracy.  ...

Is Peter Magyar just a more polished Viktor Orban? That question has hovered over Hungary since the longtime strongman was ...

Over the years, many have vigorously debated the desirability and effectiveness of transitional justice (TJ) policies—indeed, ...