Democracies rarely fall overnight - they erode piece by piece. In this talk, Ian Bassin explains how authoritarianism often ...

Protesters hold a massive rally near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, December 7, 2024, calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster after his martial law attempt. Yoon ...

We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is being spared. Even countries that thought they were immune from wholesale ...

The October 18 demonstrations express deep hostility to the Trump administration’s efforts to set up a fascistic dictatorship ...

This being election season, I am cognizant of the fact that the USA has sent personnel abroad to ensure that foreign countries can have fair and equal elections. These personnel included African ...

America is at risk of abandoning its founding principle of government, “by and for the people,” in favor of a system older than democracy itself: rule by one man. Pretty much everybody understands ...

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” That quote is from the writings of H.L. Mencken, reporter for the Baltimore Sun newspaper ...

Only about half of young Americans in a poll released Wednesday say democracy is the greatest form of government. A poll from The Economist/YouGov shows that among U.S. adults surveyed, support for ...

Dec. 14 (UPI) --Although counterintuitive, the impeachment in South Korea demonstrates the strength of Korean democracy. Yes, it is a messy democracy. However, it is a strong and resilient democracy.