Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically ...

G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and curbs on civil liberties across the world. EIU, our s ...

Globalization and Western democracy, particularly the influence of the United States, have played crucial roles in fostering the development of a liberal political regime in Jamaica. Despite ...

Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 03: People, including one participant holding a sign that reads: "Democracy is great!", gather in front of the Reichstag, seat of the Germany's parliament, for a large-scale ...

Democratic experts argued for the need for greater international collaboration on democracy at an event this week in the ...

Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread belief that democracy would rapidly spread to envelop the whole world. Now we’re worried about whether democracy can survive ...

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.

Six young people from around the world who attended the Athens Democracy Forum spoke about what drives them and the challenges they face. By Shivani Vora Young people from around the world who ...

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the ...

This month, our focus is on defending workers' rights to safety and democracy in an increasingly unstable global context. For International Workers' Memorial Day on 28 April, attention turns to ...