Is the world standing on the threshold of a democratic comeback? After years of relentless bad news, the latest annual global report on the health of democracy offers hope, according… Read more »
Groups like the young German nonprofit JoinPolitics and Nigeria’s #FixPolitics, founded in 2020 by Oby Ezekwesili, cofounder of Transparency International, exemplify a worldwide trend to revive democratic principles through citizen-led innovation, analysts Johanna… Read more »
The European Commission today launched a public consultation on protecting the EU democratic sphere from covert foreign interference. The public consultation, open until 13 April 2023, will gather views of different… Read more »
Only 13% of the world’s population are currently living under a liberal democracy, compared to 44% living under an electoral autocracy, with the share of the world’s population living in… Read more »
The West is back. The invasion of Ukraine has brought those who share democratic values together, writes FT analyst Martin Wolf. For the NATO alliance, it was a time of… Read more »
The desire for free choice and autonomy is a universal human aspiration, but it is not top priority when people grow up feeling that survival is uncertain, the World Values… Read more »
Global democracy is under siege. According to Freedom House’s authoritative “Freedom in the World” report, 8 of 10 people in the world now live in countries rated either “Not Free”… Read more »
Align U.S. policy with the universal desire for freedom, but maintain a keen sense of unintended consequences and no illusions of easy success, #GeorgePacker writes for @TheAtlantic https://t.co/ftcw9ZfGZd — Democracy… Read more »
The world can’t wait for us to counter Russian and Chinese disinformation, support democratic struggles abroad, stabilize and improve democratic institutions, and forge partnerships between democratic organizations and actors, says… Read more »
International democracy support organizations (DSOs) are adopting more creative approaches in response to increasingly difficult country environments, including the closing of civic space and restrictions on civil society characteristic of… Read more »