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

But the fate of Pakistan which had chosen to tread such a path is there for all to see.Which is that modern democracy and religious orthodoxy do not and cannot stick together.

Democracy is easy to understand. The Declaration of Independence spells out the basic principles. Let’s restate them in modern terms. This is a strong statement about one’s standing in a ...

Still, when crises erupt, even spin dictators often revert to more traditional tactics. Russia’s Putin has cracked down violently on protesters and jailed opposition leaders. Meanwhile, more brutal ...

University students occupied this symbolically important site in the spring of 1989. Their calls for freedoms divided the ...

In this busy year of national elections around the world, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election watchers from Ghana, Venezuela and Georgia about how democracy is being challenged where they are.

His new book is "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every ... The once-powerful United States of America is in a free fall not seen in modern history, and there is absolutely no reason to ...

The Congress on Tuesday paid rich tributes to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary and said ...

Ryan D. Enos is a professor of Government. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and a professor of Government. Democracy is in greater peril today than at ...

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil warns that democracy is under threat due to ... and the system needed to adapt to modern challenges. "Many democratic countries are becoming less democratic.

The Congress party commemorated the death anniversary of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The tributes from ...