Corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, with 86 per cent of countries making little to no progress in the last 10 years, according to the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index… Read more »
Support for populist parties and agreement with populist views have diminished during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a “mega-dataset” assessing political attitudes of over half a million people across 109… Read more »
In some ways, President Joe Biden’s long-promised Summit for Democracy could not be better timed, POLITICO’s Nahal Toosi observes. The virtual gathering, set for Thursday and Friday, comes as people… Read more »
Brazil’s democratic decline is rooted in domestic trends that predate Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power, chief among them the incomplete assertion of civilian control over military leaders, notes Oliver Stuenkel, Associate… Read more »
A photoshopped image depicting Pope Francis smoking marijuana with former Bolivian President Evo Morales, thus “proving” the Argentine pontiff is a decadent socialist at heart, was the most ridiculous recent… Read more »
When Ecuadoreans choose a new president and legislature on February 7th, they will begin a busy political year across Latin America. Chile, Haiti, Honduras, Peru and Nicaragua are due… Read more »
The #Biden Administration will need to prioritize democracy assistance to ensure a more secure world for all Americans. How? @IRIglobal’s @jansurotchak & @patrickwquirk explain in @americanpurpose https://t.co/AbwzngvRoV — IRI… Read more »
The failure of attacks on American democracy shows the value of strong institutions, says an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. If the United States can overcome such assaults, it may… Read more »
The pandemic has had two dramatic effects in the West, reports suggest: It has spotlighted shortcomings in Western democracies, where death rates have been far higher than in many Asian… Read more »
Covid-19 has had unambiguously tragic human consequences in Brazil, which have been exacerbated by President Jair Bolsonaro’s “executive underreach” in failing to follow public-health guidance, notes Amy Erica Smith, Amy… Read more »