Democracy

Demonstrators shout slogans against Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), during a protest called "dictatorship never again" in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 10, 2018. The poster (R) reads: "Fight for democracy!" REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli - RC12E4A0D820

Rising democracies, burden-sharing, and the international liberal order

February 2019

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during a referendum Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - UP1ED4G0S0TZ1

Populist and authoritarian referendums: The role of direct democracy in democratic deconsolidation

February 2019

Supporters of the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) attend a demonstration in Dresden, Germany, October 21, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny - RC126AC48970

The role of Islam in European populism: How refugee flows and fear of Muslims drive right-wing support

February 2019

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) and China's Premier Li Keqiang attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1385E2CB30

Democracy at a crossroads in Southeast Asia: Great power rivalry meets domestic governance

Jonathan Stromseth and Hunter Marston

February 2019

People shout slogans during a nationwide strike against the government's refusal to raise wages in Tunis, Tunisia January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC17459A83B0

Tunisian democracy at a crossroads

February 2019

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the opening ceremony for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/Pool - RC128E965F40

An inflection point for Pakistan’s democracy

February 2019

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), who is also the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leader, shouts 'Banzai' (cheers) as he raises his hands with members of LDP after winning the leadership vote at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1FA0EC7870

Japan’s consolidated democracy in an era of populist turbulence

February 2019

South Korean people chant slogans during a rally calling on embattled President Park Geun-hye to resign over a growing influence-peddling scandal in central Seoul, South Korea, November 5, 2016. The placards read, "Step down Park Geun-hye". REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - S1AEULBVVAAA

Liberal democracy in South Korea

Paul Park and Jung H. Pak

February 2019

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan waves to his supporters upon his arrival at Esenboga Airport in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan waves to his supporters upon his arrival from Strasbourg at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, October 7, 2004. Erdogan praised as "balanced" an EU Commission report on Wednesday recommending European Union entry talks with Ankara, and said he hoped negotiations would start in early 2005.The recommendation to EU leaders, who will decide in December whether and when to start talks, gave a green light hedged with conditions including the possibility of suspending negotiations if Turkey backtracks on democracy and human rights. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RP5DRIAILSAA

The rise and fall of liberal democracy in Turkey: Implications for the West

Kemal Kirişci and Amanda Sloat

February 2019

Protestors carry signs against the right-wing Sweden Democrat party during a demonstration against anti-immigration politics in downtown Stockholm October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - GM1E6A502DM01

Center-right strategies for addressing the rise of the European far right

February 2019