In turbulent times where democratic foundations are challenged, the Council of Europe is working towards a New Democratic Pact for Europe to restore citizens’ faith in democratic institutions. In the ...

My thesis in this piece is that Nigeria urgently needs a developmental state and a renegotiated terms of engagement with ...

The road back to democracy from authoritarianism is a difficult one, filled with fits and starts that thwart even the best ...

Democracy is failing because its implementation has been too rigid and detached from the societies it is meant to serve, and ...

Five experts reflect on the opposition Tisza party’s resounding victory in the Hungarian election, how the new government ...

LAGOS – Chief Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that undermining opposition structures is to erode the very framework that legitimises ...

The razor-thin outcome in Virginia’s recent redistricting referendum, which allowed the state to move forward with a heavily ...

Rep. Jim Clyburn, a longtime South Carolina Democrat and civil rights leader, warned that Americans are failing to take sufficient action to safeguard democracy, drawing parallels to historic voter ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in ...

When people feel unsafe, powerless, or unseen, democracy becomes harder to sustain. Its resilience begins with the ...

The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

Massachusetts Democratic Party leaders last week took a stand against a ballot question that would allow people to vote across party lines in state primary races, a move they say would increase the ...