President Joe Biden spoke to foreign leaders Wednesday about how he'll rescue world democracy at the Summit for Democracy. Yuri Gripas - Pool via CNP / MEGA Sounding like a Quaalude Savior, President ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and ...

Nearly half the world's countries are seeing a drop in their levels of democracy, according to a report published by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey of 24 democratic ...

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy comes at a great cost to those most marginalized. Demonstrators in São ...

“One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion. . . .

A photograph recently circulated on social media purportedly showing two Chinese professors in Shanghai standing between a squad of police officers and students protesting the government’s zero-COVID ...

Democracy today has come a long way since its earlier days. While some countries boast old traditions of democracy, what we mean by democratic governance today is characterized by open-ended systems ...