Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines the difference: “Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the ...

The state of California’s electoral democracy has improved over the past 25 years in contrast to the rest of the United ...

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis says the media has a vital role to play in the preservation of democracy.

Recent Canadian elections have set new standards for dishonesty: not just the usual calculated ambiguity, but flat-out lies.

Despite holding multiparty elections, India falls short of fundamental requisites such as freedom of expression, association, ...

THIS YEAR reliable old Europe once again did best in the global democracy index, an annual report published by EIU, our sister company. While democracy declined across much of the world—dragged ...

New research from ETH Zurich University and the University of Essex has raised some ethical issues by asking whether ...

The Economist Intelligence Unit, a group that advises business and governments on the political climates in nations around the world, publishes a “Democracy Index” each year that scores ...

According to the Economic Intelligence Unit of the Economist media organization, the global democracy index score is at just 5.17 out of 10, its lowest point in the history of the annual index.