According to the Bertelsmann Foundation's "Transformation Index," there are now 63 democracies compared to 74 autocracies. In other words, states that tend not to have free elections or a ...

The coalescing partnership of autocracies led by China and Russia will impose strategic choices on Western democracies, no ...

A new University of Massachusetts Amherst study provides fresh insights into why some autocratic governments, despite rampant ...

Kim Lane Scheppele: Absolutely. Picking scapegoats is partly a way of generating public approval for people who don't like the scapegoats. But it's also a way of saying to people who might ...

For 80 years, the United States was the undisputed leader of Western democracies. But Donald Trump is discarding allies and ...

In the past decade, militaries around the world have become involved in domestic politics and public policy formulation at levels not seen since the Cold War. At the same time, authoritarian ...

Elsewhere, elected autocrats have come to the fore and bent the rule of law to consolidate control, while powerful autocracies in China and Russia show no sign of reform. Two studies released this ...

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Belgium leading new ‘one-stop shop’ for medicines, simplifying pharma market Europe scrambles for series of urgent Ukraine talks ...

President Trump’s social media post over the weekend that implied he is above the law triggered alarm bells from experts who were already concerned about the legal and constitutional boundaries ...

In his speech before U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Donald Trump used the word "historic” precisely 14 times. But it was most accurately used during his invitation to the people of Greenland to join ...