The biggest change came from Bangladesh, which dropped 25 places. Rebuilding democracy there will be an enormous task after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s longtime autocratic ruler.

Understanding how numbers scale is crucial to a functioning democracy. A broad appreciation for the differences in thousands, millions, and billions is only a start, though. If we are ever going ...

Democracy has been registering a global decline, with Greece falling five spots in the 2024 Democracy Index, ranking 25th ...

"Next year is being labelled the 'Year of Democracy'," said Marietje Schaake ... far cheaper and at an unprecedented scale". AI could also use automation to "dramatically increase the scale ...

So while Ukraine was classified as a democracy in February 2022, when the full-scale invasion happened, the war means it cannot currently meet the minimal criteria of a democracy used by political ...