As autocratization accelerates, democratic resistance against this trend is growing, according to new V-Dem Institute data. For the first time since 2001, autocracies became a majority of the world’s political… Read more »
Democracy and liberal values have indeed come under attack in central and eastern Europe. The Economist Intelligence Unit finds that since 2006 democracy has deteriorated more there than in any other… Read more »
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 »
