Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva summoned eleven South ...

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

The plaint heard during the French Revolution is still widely applicable today. But perhaps even more pertinent would be a variation: “Oh, democracy, what travesties are perpetrated in thy name!” ...

Please don’t save democracy. If you’re a politician — stop promising to save it. Just stop trying. Because you can’t. Democracy isn’t something you save. The sooner we stop talking about saving ...

Choose your definition of democracy. All draw vitality from power vested in the people, entrusted with choosing effective leaders to shape laws that govern their lives. Ideally, elected ...

Scott Williamson receives funding from the UKRI/EPSRC Frontier Research Guarantee Scheme (EP/Y036832/1) for the project Democratic Values and Authoritarian Legitimacy (DEVAL). Ahead of a public event ...