Democracy dividend vs. autocratic model in crisis
Democracy is under siege. But the evidence that democracy is good for growth doesn’t directly speak to whether democracy is easy to make work. Nor does it imply or maintain… Read more »
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Enlightenment Now: Is democracy winning or losing the global contest?
Liberal democracy “is where the world was, not where it is going,” said US senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. By the end of the year, we should be able to… Read more »
‘Dark clouds’ of extremism threaten Indonesia’s democracy
The United Nations’ human rights chief has warned of the “dark clouds” of political extremism and intolerance that are building over Indonesia. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has highlighted the blasphemy laws… Read more »
Democracy down but not dying
Democracy has unquestionably lost its global momentum, note Carnegie Endowment analysts Thomas Carothers and Richard Youngs. But those who despair the future of democracy tend to focus on a select… Read more »
An uncertain future for democracy?
By more than one measure, democracy around the world is declining, the BBC reports: Trust in political institutions – including the electoral process itself – are at an all-time low…. Read more »
Low trust downgrades U.S. to ‘flawed democracy’ status, says EIU
The U.S. has been downgraded from a full democracy to a flawed democracy by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The group’s Democracy Index considers “60 indicators across five broad categories:… Read more »
Democracy in an age of anxiety: freedom the first casualty of fear
The fearful era in which we live is not conducive to defending democratic standards or extending democracy’s reach, according to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index…. Read more »
Putin ‘paralyzed’ by Prigozhin’s rebellion
When Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, launched his attempted mutiny on the morning of June 24, Vladimir Putin was paralyzed and unable to act decisively, according… Read more »
Why is Latin America ‘heading in the wrong direction’? Hybrid regimes
Latin America is the most democratic region of the developing world. But it has long been heading in the wrong direction. Its score on the EIU Democracy Index has declined… Read more »
Russia ‘acquiring features of dictatorship’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves around the world and revealed divisions between the developed democracies backing Ukraine and many developing countries that chose not to take sides, according to… Read more »