Democracy in Asia is rapidly deteriorating—accelerated by waning international support and democratic backsliding even in the ...

The Democracy Index by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) is out. Out of 167 countries—165 countries and two territories included in the index—Bangladesh now ranks 100th, closer to the lower ...

Over the past five to seven years, democracy and rights have been on a downward slide in nearly every country in Asia that is either a mature, long-lasting democracy or something close to it.

Pakistan's democracy ranking went down six spots ... EIU's report offered a region-wise analysis stating that the average index score in Asia and Australasia declined from 5.41 to 5.31 for the ...

Freedom declined around the world last year with authoritarians solidifying their grip, but South Asia led a series of ... downgraded the world’s largest democracy from “free” to “partly ...

The Democracy Index is a “thick” measure of democracy ... support for antiestablishment and populist parties (-0.11) and Asia and Australasia (-0.10).” The report specified it had become ...