Seventeen European Union countries are demanding that Hungary revise a new law that allows the government to ban public ...

A distinct set of six institutions and traditions make the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.

R. Bruce Anderson writes that a large proportion of European nations came to democratic “norms” while he was alive. What are ...

In total, 45 countries were “autocratizing” last year – an increase from 42 that were moving away from more democracy in 2023. That amounts to more than 3 billion people, or 40% of the world ...

Democratic countries tend to be rated "greener," or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries—but this may ...

New research suggests wealthy democracies offshore their pollution to other nations – but is that what’s really going on?

If vulnerable nations no longer receive U.S. assistance that helps them meet economic objectives and fosters democratic development of their societies ...

Academic freedom is not a privilege granted to make life easier for professors, but to increase the quality of research and teaching for the common good, the authors say.

Countries including EU heavyweights France, Germany and Spain said they were ‘highly alarmed’ by developments.