Much of the U.S. foreign policy to build democracy globally and promote human rights was delivered through foreign assistance ...

The Resolute desk as President Donald Trump, center signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. The Resolute desk as President Donald ...

There are things we all can do to push back against and mitigate the autocratic turn our nation has taken. The Supreme Court announced a fast-track argument schedule in the most consequential voting ...

Global freedom and democracy have been declining for two decades, reaching historic lows, according to two reports just released from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House. To those of us ...

Global freedom and democracy have been declining for two decades, reaching historic lows, according to two reports just released from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House. To those of us ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yonatan Morse, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) Autocratic leaders in ...

Democratic nations have grappled with a range of pressing issues in recent years, including the inherent flaws of long-established political systems, the erosion of international alliances, and global ...

Over the first months of the second Trump presidency, we have watched the guardrails of democracy come off rapidly in real time. Mass firings of civil servants, the dismissal of government watchdogs, ...