So after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent end of the Cold War, many experts predicted that democracy would flourish and spread and that Soviet authoritarianism was an aberration. Well, we've had 35 years now to run this natural experiment and to ask whether or not that was actually true. And we're now in a position where we can ask the question, is democracy spreading.And unfortunately the answer to this question is not really. Over the last several decades democracy has faced many many headwi ...

One feature of Germany’s “defensive democracy” is a constitutional provision to ban extremist parties. Many MPs, and over a quarter of Germans, wish to apply it to the hard-right Alternative for Germany, the country’s second-most popular party https://t.co/mlQo2LkpHH ...

The global wave of elections in 2024 was heralded as the first of the artificial-intelligence era. But opinions about what that meant varied. Now one academic panel is explaining the impact of the technology on democracy https://t.co/8cWQyy7VUA ...

RT Elon Musk (@elonmusk)@Mick_O_Keeffe Ireland should leave the EU.All countries should imo. It is destroying democracy in Europe. ...

The targeting of a sitting judge in a functioning democracy is unprecedented. It coincides with additional tariffs on Brazilian imports, justified, according to Donald Trump, by the political persecution of Jair Bolsonaro https://t.co/OtPPL9HOns ...

We want to build Google's and Facebooks and you know AI and giant companies, giant cryptocurrencies and now internet communities. What they want to do is they want to exert authority over others. For them, the best thing they can do is to put a man out of work. And for us, the best thing we can do is we can put a man on the moon. [Music] Another day, another Jouro hit piece. uh we were sort of t talking offline about about uh you know we're talking about the MarkX and Ben's uh evolution of the media episode ...

We are so fortunate to live in a country built on capitalism and democracy. ...

Ukraine’s latest political drama ended with what felt almost like an anticlimax. But the outcome is a clear win for the country’s democracy https://t.co/1ttfoWRJah ...

Joining me now is Texas Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. Congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. We really appreciate it.Thanks, Kristen. I'm glad to be with you. Well, we're really glad to have you.Let's start with your event with Leader Jeff today. Both of you saying, "Look, there are a lot of ways to fight this new map." I'm curious, what do you think is the best strategy. How do you see this flight playing out.Well, I think there are a couple of things, Kristen, and I'm really glad tha ...

Ukraine’s democracy continues to function, despite the war and some signs of creeping autocratic tendencies. But anti-corruption investigations are becoming even more urgent https://t.co/aZyP2YKMqh ...