New research from the University of Southampton has found that trust in representative institutions, such as parliaments, governments and political parties, has been declining in democratic countries ...

The U.S. and the world are moving away from democracy and toward autocratic rule. Psychological research suggests several ...

USAID, the main foreign aid agency, and the State Department have halted funding for democracy and human ... The damage to democracies around the world from the foreign aid cuts will be felt ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence ... he was a scrappy campaigner roaming the world’s corridors of power with a dream to win independence for his tiny homeland.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world ... defender of democracy have acquiesced ...