The U.S. and the world are moving away from democracy and toward autocratic rule. Psychological research suggests several ...

Two studies released this week, by Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit, found international democracy in ...

The USCC made clear that the “axis of autocracy” is at heart a set of transactional relationships. Of the four autocratic ...

Her recent guest essay for The New York Times is headlined “Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?” Professor Scheppele, welcome back to Democracy ... parties in other countries, like not just ...

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Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Over the course of a single contentious meeting, the president departs the world stage and cedes the century to Russia and ...

The US president is making the world safe for autocracy ... democracy is undeniably intimidating for Europeans. But while there is cause for alarm, there is no need for despair. European countries ...

Congress had budgeted at least $690 million on pro-democracy programs this year to counter nations considered the world's least free.