The democratic recession was “hotly contested” in a striking surge of protests across the world in 2021, new research suggests. Whereas 2020 demonstrated the resilience of protests amid the coronavirus pandemic,… Read more »
Despite challenges that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights defenders, civil society, independent media and other democratic forces have proven resilient, writes Ryan Arick, an assistant program officer at… Read more »
Despite years of warning, the U.S. and its allies aren’t ready for the challenges created by a coterie of Eurasian autocrats, argues Aaron MacLean, a senior fellow at the Foundation… Read more »
For the fifth consecutive year, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction exceeds the number of countries moving towards democracy. But even if the long democratic recession is… Read more »
The COVID pandemic has put tremendous strain on Latin American citizens and governments, testing the resilience of democracy. The good news coming from valuable new survey data is that the… Read more »
Three decades ago, after the Berlin Wall fell and communism collapsed in the Soviet Union, the question of which model was prevailing wouldn’t even have seemed relevant. Democracy’s rise seemed… Read more »
The number of countries moving in the direction of authoritarianism is three times the number moving toward democracy, according to a new analysis. launched today (above). Authoritarianism is resurgent as autocratic… Read more »
Combatting the authoritarian surge will require the world’s democracies to act as a community of action to uphold a free and open order, argues Daniel Twining, the president of the… Read more »
Are democracies more resilient to organized crime than states with more authoritarian tendencies? The global illicit economy has continued along the upward trajectory it has followed over the past 20… Read more »
Pandemic geopolitics are intensifying investments in pro-democracy civic capacities and democracies’ societal resilience, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment. Developments are beginning to condition many states’ domestic… Read more »