When we think of premodern governance, we often default to an image of concentrated authority: imposing rulers presiding over intricately layered hierarchies—pharaohs, emperors, and kings whose power ...

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, ...

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

Acemoglu, who won the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on prosperity inequality among nations, spoke as part of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy’s ...

By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Democratic governance is under unprecedented strain worldwide, with Eastern Europe now a hotspot ...

Today's One Sheet finds the newsletters worried about research that shows America slipping into an autocracy and the FCC ...

Veteran political strategist James Carville suggested that Democrats should embrace “autocracy” ahead of the November election, arguing not everyone should have “a seat at the table.” “I would always ...

During a 40-year career as a Foreign Service Officer and ambassador, serving the United States overseas under both Republican and Democratic administrations, I swore an oath to “support and defend the ...

Bill Maher has had varied views on President Donald Trump over the last several months, but on Friday’s “Real Time” he acknowledged that with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, the ...

New research shows many ancient societies shared power and limited rulers, revealing that democracy existed far beyond Greece and Rome.

A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...

Yellow Letters and Emin Alper’s Salvation both won headline honours at the Berlin film festival and show dissenting cinema is thriving in the face of Erdoğan’s repression ...