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Rapid advances in social media, A.I., robotics and other technological innovations have disrupted all facets of society, government and business, for better and for worse. How can these enormous…

Millions of people fleeing war, hunger and danger have come to be perceived by many as a threat. How have some democracies dealt with this challenge?

“Law should govern,” declared Aristotle, proclaiming a fundamental principle of democratic rule now under threat as illiberal leaders assail the independence of the courts. What is the response? What…

Freedom on the Net

How have political cartoonists responded to what is happening in the world? A New York Times editorial cartoonist examines the state of democracy through his drawings.

Back in the 1970s, Milton Friedman wrote in The Times that “the business of business is business.” In a chaotic and hyperconnected world, does this still ring true? Where do profit and…

As people around the world ascribe less importance to living in a democracy, what can Western liberal democracies do to restore their own appeal?

In countries around the world, voters have recently rallied around leaders who embrace an authoritarian, nationalistic and separatist worldview and curtail civil freedoms, independent institutions…

With the ideas, institutions and practice of liberal democracy - once a model for the world - coming under fierce attack from various directions, could ‘new’ insights for rebooting democracy be found…