Democracy is deteriorating in much of the world and changes in the United States under President Donald Trump threaten to accelerate the decline, according to a pro-democracy institute that has the ...

In a new analysis, the board outlined a list of a dozen markers of “democratic erosion,” along with the help of scholars who study it. It included tactics that, according to the board, Trump has ...

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. The Berlin Wall opening in Berlin, Germany on Nov. 1989. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. In 1989, the Berlin Wall ...

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...

Some political scientists see a pattern that suggests American democracy is being undermined in real time. The stakes are massive for the US economy and the business world.

A global swing by governments seeking to assert control has meant repercussions for women, including attempts to delegitimize them and limit their rights, experts said. By Ginanne Brownell Nikolina ...

Little over half (54 percent) of countries (94/173) experienced a decline in their democratic performance over the last five years. In 2007, the United Nations designated September 15 the ...

Fewer than half of South Africans actively support democracy, and for the first time in over 25 years, more citizens say they would accept military rule than oppose it. Those are some of the recent ...