Democratization

Americans concerned about the future of their democracy can learn from the system they helped install in Germany.

Most Tunisians still support the president, but time is limited.

Democratic principles were largely irrelevant to the EU’s founding—but are at the center of the project today.

The fall of Afghanistan reveals hard truths about U.S. human rights talks.

Tunisia’s controversial president is seeking to preserve the legacy of the Arab Spring by stamping out corruption and promoting decentralized democracy.

Two weeks after suspending parliament, what road map will Tunisian President Kais Saied gin up?

The Tokyo Games have brought a surge of nationalism and laid bare the methods of autocrats like Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.

The new U.S president has crafted a novel approach to human rights that’s marked both by idealism and humility.

The place where the Arab Spring began is now a test for an administration that pledged to strengthen global democracy.

If Westerners are shocked at political developments in Tunisia, it’s because they described it as a straightforward success for too long.

Foreign powers should condemn Kais Saied’s power grab to halt long-term damage to the nascent democracy.

The U.S. president’s hard-line rhetoric belies the island’s humanitarian crisis and cedes an opportunity to shape what comes next.

The country needs a unifying figure. Ahead of elections this year, it’s worth considering a constitutional monarchy.

His arrests of opposition candidates could seal the country’s political fate, but not if Biden fights back now.

Don’t believe the talk of democratic decline. The world’s belief in self-government is stronger than ever. 

The path is clear for a social democratic revision of its political system—and for a severe backlash.

A six-month stalemate over vote-rigging accusations has been partially, but messily, resolved.

Angry about India’s Freedom House and V-Dem ratings, Modi is creating his own democracy rankings.