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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...
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Around the world, democracy is under pressure. The V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2026 says nearly a quarter of the world’s countries are experiencing democ...
The United States could learn from Brazil about forming a cross-sectoral coalition to defend democratic institutions. So why is it falling short? The post Hard Lessons from Brazil...
How to safeguard elections against genuine foreign interference while preventing incumbent governments from exploiting allegations of interference to undermine voting rights? The p...
Step one is to 'trick the voters' to obtain a governing mandate. Step two is to 'purge the opposition when the voters are realizing that they were tricked.' And step three is 'ever...
Democracy is in crisis. Not long ago, that line belonged to the political fringe. Today judges, scholars and policymakers across the spectrum say it with a straight face. But most...
An analysis argues that electoral defeats for far-right parties do not necessarily undo restrictive policies or political shifts already adopted by mainstream parties across Europe...
Amid a global authoritarian drift, citizens of Brazil, Serbia, Israel, and the United States have an opportunity to uphold democratic and economic freedoms.
The emerging contest in the region is between open political systems and “managed” political systems – where citizens are manipulated instead of simply repressed.
The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma.
What is therelationship between the decline of democratic practices we took for granted over the years and the growth of Big Tech in what Mordecai Kurz calls the Second Gilded Age....
Project Umbral has been tracking the process through 60 indicators, 11 pillars, and an 18-month roadmap
U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) told an audience at the University of Chicago that she wants future investigations of Trump administration officials to send a deterrent messa...
Court reform is a hot topic these days. Scholars, commentators, and politicians argue that the Supreme Court is aggrandizing its powers at the expense of Congress, undermining Amer...
A convincing regional election win by a far-right party has Germany – and Europe – worried about an extremist drift. But some analysts see it as an opportunity to shift the convers...
What is democracy, and is it in crisis?
The separation of powers was designed to prevent governments from accumulating unchecked power. But in the 21st century, corporations, banks and algorithms increasingly wield power...
Drawing from the latest research, this background paper provides key insights to understand the current dynamics of opposition to gender equality and how best to respond to it. It...
The administration may attempt to thwart the midterm election results. How can communities prepare to defend the vote? The post Preparing for a Constitutional Crisis appeared first...
An analysis explores how political science’s relationship with liberal democracy has evolved through changing ideas and debates. The post How Political Science Learned to Stop Worr...
As the end of the summer approaches, Congress returns to Washington, and the November elections move into their stretch run, it seems a good time to try to assess where exactly we...
The most consequential changes in a democracy do not always arrive with a constitutional crisis. Rather, they come through appointments, legal amendments and seemingly ordinary pol...
This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch. The post The Anti-Corruption T...
Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising toppled a government, but two years later, reforms to police, judiciary, cyber laws, and state institutions remain contested, incomplete, and debated, le...
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