out of 167 countries covered in the index. To be labelled a flawed democracy, countries like Chile, Israel and Italy have broadly democratic processes but often fall short on at least one metric ...

pointing to a particular crisis of confidence in countries' elected representatives. Researchers say the findings are a 'warning sign' that could pave the way for non-democratic political leaders ...

"Chinese contractors may be more likely to penetrate the markets of non-democratic countries, thereby increasing the stake of the Chinese government in those countries' stability by increasing the ...

The Kremlin spokesman noted that Washington is seeking to divide countries into democratic and non-democratic and the US-organized virtual Summit for Democracy on December 9-10 has actually "split ...