The facts are clear: Democracy is backsliding around the world. In 2024, more than 40 percent of the global population was affected by declines in freedom, according to Freedom House. On the other ...

The Stanford Continuing Studies Department launched its second annual “Reimagining Democracy” weekly webinar speaker series on Oct. 7, featuring professor Francis Fukuyama, an Olivier Nomellini Senior ...

Open debate: Open debate, paired with tolerance for disagreement and political freedom, enables citizens to make their voices ...

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 ...

Sir: The Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD) represents a timely and essential initiative in the pursuit of inclusive, accountable, and resilient political systems across West Africa. This ...

For the last 10 years, we’ve been hearing that President Donald Trump will preside over the end of democracy in America. In liberal circles, that assertion is often accepted as fact. For many, the ...

At a forum in Athens, leaders discussed challenges to democracy that they said stemmed from both internal and external forces. By Farah Nayeri Reporting from Athens This article is from a special ...

The Indonesian government has passed revisions to Law No. 34/2004 on the National Military — allowing active military personnel to hold positions in more civil government bodies and ministries — which ...

Supreme Court Rightly Keeps the Texas Republican Gerrymander for 2026 Hegseth Did Not Give a ‘Kill Them All’ Order Report: Hegseth Pushed Out Commander of U.S. Military Ops in Caribbean Audio By ...