With nations unable to address global issues or unify their people, local elections and city alliances can fill the void.

According to a report, the global index for free and fair elections suffered the biggest decline on record in 2023, while ...

So far democracy has, just about, passed the giant test of nerves it has faced in 2024. A lawful, peaceful transfer of power ...

Democracy Declined for 8th Straight Year Around the ... The Stockholm-based organization said its Global Report on the State of the Democracy, which measures democratic performance in 158 ...

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA ... making it the eighth consecutive year of global democratic decline. The international watchdog classifies democratic ...

Like the decline of the Roman Empire, some fear America’s three-decade run as the world’s sole superpower is on the wane.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has labelled democracy our most precious national asset. But some people say it’s at risk. Distrust, false information, AI, espionage, and social division ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined the prestigious Noguchi Museum award, after the museum recently fired three employees for wearing a keffiyeh. Lahiri, who teaches at ...

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Last year had the worst decline in credible elections ... The Stockholm-based organization said its Global Report on the State of the Democracy, which measures democratic ...

For its Global State of Democracy indexes ... "Amid this broad context of decline, however, many elections have delivered on their inherent promise as a means of ensuring that the people have ...