Research by Harvard Kennedy School scholar Pippa Norris suggests that both autocracies and countries undergoing democratic ...

Americans aren’t used to having to defend democracy. It’s just been a given for so long. After all, it’s the country’s 249th ...

We must change the discussion and argument. It is not the United States versus Venezuela, Iran versus Israel, or Nicaragua ...

This is not the end of history. This is its violent return. Are we seeing democracy fading away slowly? Or is this just ...

The global chorus of Western democracy promoters assumes that liberal democracy is the universal standard for freedom and progress. But can liberal democracy truly withstand the challenge posed by ...

Countries classified as liberal democracies by the Varieties of Democracy project of the University of Gothenburg were ranked based on the number of incidents of political violence that occurred ...

When Estonia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and restored liberal democracy, the small Baltic country ...

Annual change in V-Dem liberal democracy index since 2008: -0.0100 per year Current regime classification: Electoral autocracy (since 2007) Recent episodes of unrest: Battle in Dhaka involving ...

The discourse around 'Asian values' has been used as a cultural argument against liberal democracy, with authoritarian regimes employing the concept since the 1990s. Recent years have seen a revival ...

In East and Southeast Asia, democracy must be understood within the region’s unique political, historical and economic contexts. While liberal values are present, many citizens prioritise stability, ...