Last month, the Atlantic Council hosted its first Freedom and Prosperity Research Conference, gathering scholars from around the world to present their data-based research on the relationship between prosperity and economic,… Read more »
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, today expressed his concern over the deepening crackdown against perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia, including through measures taken by… Read more »
Against the backdrop of a global democratic recession, officials on nearly every continent are integrating advanced digital tools into municipal governance through “smart city” projects, the International Forum for Democratic… Read more »
Venezuela’s democratic opposition is pinning its hopes on the 2024 presidential election, a return to a strategy that has mostly failed over the past 25 years, Bloomberg reports. Even if… Read more »
Less than 9% of people in Poland believe that the country’s courts function better now than they did before the current government came to power in 2015, while over half… 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 »
China is at a tricky crossroads where its social contract is undergoing a paradigm shift. Its populace is among the world’s most digitally connected, but is also one of… Read more »
The political leaders of Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and other left-led countries in Latin America are defending Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo, ousted Dec. 7 after he announced on national… 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 »
Half of the world’s democracies are in decline, undermined by such challenges as curbs on freedom of expression and distrust in the legitimacy of elections, according to a new report… Read more »