The country is deeply polarised, but its living memory of military rule strengthens its commitment to democracy ...

The Romanian presidential election of 2024 faced significant controversy, culminating in its annulment due to confirmed foreign interference. The first round, ...

And among our elite institutions, there is perhaps no greater culprit than the Yale Law School. Yale Law School alumni have been at the forefront of the ongoing authoritarian assault on our democracy.

These seemingly disparate events do have a common underlying theme: a crisis of democratic institutions. The problem is that liberal democracy has been sustained by institutions and procedures.

This week, political scientist Cas Mudde joins the Prospect podcast to analyse the “year of elections”. In 2024, around 70 countries with a combined population of 3.4bn went to the polls. In many of ...

Korea’s political crisis has spurred a host of commentary and reflection in China despite censorship. While state broadcaster CCTV issued minute-by-minute updates on the crisis, censors have taken ...

Americans don't actually want Trump's hateful policies. If we had a real democratic process, that would matter ...

In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans ...

Voters in the west African nation of Ghana willl cast their ballots in a general election poised to be a litmus test for ...

Voting closed Saturday evening in most polling centers throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and legislative ...

Ahead of an election on December 7th, the mood in the country is grim ...

Polls opened in a general election in Ghana Saturday, poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups ...