Social Media Ideas for Democratic Backsliding & Solutions

Planning for America’s Democratic Renewal Must Start Now: Lessons from Poland

Poland’s recovery from democratic backsliding shows how hard the process can be -- and why U.S. reformers should start planning now for lawful, durable renewal. The post Planning f...

The U.S. and Israel, both backsliding democracies, may already be beyond repair

Even if both the United States and Israel vote against their would-be autocrats this fall, the question remains: What comes next? In both countries, the opposition is in fragmented...

“When the Guardrails Erode” Series

Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards. The po...

How to plan for an election that leaders are trying to subvert

The White House is working to change electoral rules in its favor. Protectors of democracy must have a counterplanThe second Trump administration is systematically eroding the inst...

A Three-Step Plan to Undo Trump’s Assault on Democracy

Local elections, and local outreach, can be crucial for stopping gerrymanders.

In Addition to Chinese Pressure, a Backsliding Democracy May Explain Zambia’s Decision to Cancel a Major Human Rights Su...

Zambia’s cancellation of RightsCon is an indication not only of China’s influence, but also the country's own democratic erosion under a government that promised otherwise. The pos...

Erdoğan’s Race to Avoid Orbán’s Fate

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 15 (IPS) - When Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost by a landslide to a unified opposition in April, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was w...

Orban’s Defeat Is Being Dangerously Misread

Panicking strongmen will turn to more extreme measures.

Hungary: Rushed Constitutional Changes Undermine Rule of Law

Click to expand Image Peter Magyar, Prime Minister of Hungary, delivers a speech in the...

The Lessons of Zambia’s RightsCon Cancellation for International Democracy Promotion

The once-lauded Zambian president's nixing of a major digital rights conference shows the risks of lionizing individual leaders without a backup plan. The post The Lessons of Zambi...

Fake news: Paradox of democracy

Korea was once regarded as one of Asia’s most remarkable success stories. Having endured Cold War division, authoritarian rule and a difficult transition to democracy, it came to s...

My New Liberalism.Org Article on "Liberalism's Uneasy Relationship with Democracy"

The article addresses the interlinked problems of widespread voter ignorance, tyranny of the majority, and illiberal anti-democratic movements coming to power through elections.

EU governments secure powers to block payouts to democratic backsliders

A majority of countries could withhold budget payments to national capitals that fail to comply with democratic norms.

Hungary: Rushed Constitutional Changes Undermine Rule of Law

(London, June 25, 2026) - The new Hungarian government's plan to make sweeping changes to key institutions through a rushed 17th amendment to the constitution, risks halting advanc...

Safeguarding Nigeria’s democratic processes: Issues and prospects, By Mohammed Bello Adoke

1. Introduction A closer examination of our polity will reveal that Nigeria stands at democracy’s precarious crossroads. It’s been 27 years since the 1999 Constitution heralded civ...

Can We Choose Democracy?

"Democracy isn’t a fixed state, it’s an ongoing project. Are we doing the work to keep it?" <p>The post Can We Choose Democracy? first appeared on Latino News Network.</p&...

The Return of Hard Power Politics

Will the Right will use its power to reverse course, or will it hesitate in the face of the battles that now define American political life?

US: Democracy at Risk

Click to expand Image Protesters hold US flags and placards during a nationwide "No King...

Who Defends Democracy and On What Grounds?

Democracies have been in decline, and many scholars are now rightly asking how this process can be halted. Much of the research on democratic resilience—the ability of democracies...

Facing a constitutional crisis, Israelis have one option left

While protests got Trump's attention when it came to releasing the hostages (mostly by appealing to his ego), there's little they can do to sway a government and a voting public wh...

Democracy is under threat from digital radicalization

Ben Wikler: My state was a ‘democracy desert.’ This is how we turned it around.

We can do the same for the entire United States. We can start working now to channel political anxiety into rebuilding the foundations of our democracy so that it offers free and f...

Can We Stop the Slide Into Socialism?

by Laura Hollis at CDN - This week has brought more news that contains powerful warnings about the trajectory of the country. First, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Watson v. Repub...

Zambia: Elections 2026 - Is Zambia's Democratic Success Story Beginning to Fray?

[ISS] There is a danger that voters see the August election outcome as shaped by legal manoeuvring rather than the ballot.