I think liberals need a reality check. Most of us still believe liberalism and democracy are the same thing. The terms used ...

One cannot preserve a free society merely through legal reforms or economic deregulation. One must cultivate citizens capable ...

Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city ...

Democracy is not simply the will of the majority; it must safeguard freedom of speech and association, uphold the rule of law ...

NPR: A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism. In the benchmark ...

He was charged with corruption and ties to terrorism. In 1989, historian Francis Fukuyama saw liberal democracy as humanity’s endpoint, and it finally triumphed over other ideologies.

With just over a week left before election day on April 28, voters casting their ballots at advance polls in Saskatoon were ...

These are not the best of times for liberal democracy. In the west, where democracy derived its latest franchise and mandate from after the triumph of capitalism, there has been a determined ...

Can Europe sustain that fragile plant of liberalism during this harsh winter of right-wing populism? Much depends on some risky bets. Will US foreign policy swing back in favor of democracy ...

Under threat from the Trump administration, some are cutting deals. Others are staying quiet. And many, including in ...

Liberal democracy is as brief as a bubble. Now and then history treats us to an interval of freedom and civilisation and we make much of it. We forget, he seems to think, that as a species we are ...

Understanding today's political reality can be hindered by the often deliberately blurred meanings of those words used to describe it — for instance liberalism, populism, and democracy — as for each ...