The author is a special appointment professor at Yonsei University School of Economics. Democracy is faltering across the world. The economic trends that have accumulated since the 1980s have ...

In its 2025 report, V-Dem, a Swedish independent research organization, concluded there were more dictatorial states (91) ...

“Is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?” This mind-boggling question lingered in my mind when I departed Myanmar in December 2021. During my tenure as the Korean Ambassador to ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

How did people across 24 nations rate the political environment in their country in 2023? In a word: poorly. Ratings of democracy are generally negative across the 24 countries surveyed. A median of ...

Matthew C. MacWilliams is a global public opinion strategist at Foundation International Communications Hub (Comms Hub). In Europe, democracy is conceived of as a fundamental value that enjoys broad, ...

To truly understand populism, we have to take the long view. In the 1960s, populist parties won, on average, 5.4% of the vote in Europe, while today, following the European Parliament elections on 9 ...

The year that we have just outlived seems to have left us with a paradox as its legacy. On one hand, there has been unquestionably great economic prosperity. On the other, there seems yet to be ...