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 ...

It is this challenge that has led International IDEA to adopt foresight and futures methodologies, a set of practices that in ...

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

A new study reveals that Americans’ commitment to democratic norms might be weaker than previously assumed, as their ...

In less than a month in office the Trump administration has simultaneously dismantled foreign aid programs that support ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “outside” interference in German elections, insisting that they would decide their ...

The two leaders also worked on new trade plans. Modi said that "in order to ensure India's energy security, we will focus on trade in oil and gas" with the US. Trump said the US would increase ...

In that poll, political corruption was the most popular choice for the biggest threat to democracy, but it was chosen by a smaller share of respondents. Overall, 26% of respondents listed it as the No ...