Some contests have been depressing spectacles of authoritarian control, while others offer a brighter snapshot.

After more than a decade of democratic regression, three major crises have acted to reshape global politics in recent years: climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic legacy, and geopolitical conflict.

The United States needs more research into which immigration policies actually work for newcomers and host communities.

In his new book, Senior Fellow Richard Youngs delves into how global crises—from the climate crisis, the post-neoliberal economic shift, to rising geopolitical tensions—are reshaping democracies worldwide. While today's multi-crisis era fuels authoritarianism in some regions, others find new paths to democratic renewal.

On the spectrum of threats to free and fair elections, the airing of campaigns’ dirty laundry would be lamentable but hardly warrants catastrophizing.

After the Gen Z demonstrations upended the country’s political landscape, Ruto must do more if he wants to restore trust and root out corruption.