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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Americans are deeply divided over Trump’s plans and how he is handling his job as president in the early weeks of his return ...

We report urgently on the most important issues shaping our world ... Christian Paz is a senior politics reporter at Vox, where he covers the Democratic Party. He joined Vox in 2022 after ...

It was, by some measures, the most dramatic data breach in the history of the world. It also caught the attention of Democratic leaders ... Americans across the country,” Schumer said at a ...

The New York Times and Ipsos poll found that when it comes to “issues” that they “think are most important to the Democratic Party ... their champion in this country.” ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies the world’s remotest country, which can’t even be spotted on the map. Kiribati (pronounced KEE-ree-bas), is a sovereign island nation located in the ...