New research from the University of Southampton has found that trust in representative institutions, such as parliaments, governments and political parties, has been declining in democratic countries ...

It is this challenge that has led International IDEA to adopt foresight and futures methodologies, a set of practices that in ...

The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast amounts of carbon and the alarming levels of climate-heating carbon dioxide ...

The report’s lead author said such declines tend to be associated with increased support for populist and anti-establishment parties.

Denmark topped the rankings of 180 countries globally with the lowest levels of public-sector corruption for the seventh year ...

AS the world continues to evolve, the contrast between democratic, authoritarian and totalitarian systems underscores the ...

Christian Paz is a senior politics reporter at Vox, where he covers the Democratic Party. He joined Vox in 2022 after reporting on national and international politics for the Atlantic’s politics ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is arguably one of the most strategically important countries in the world in terms of mineral resources DR Congo is home to many precious minerals such as cobalt, ...

It is also one of the first countries to provide free public transport and boasts the highest minimum wage in the world. Norway is again a top petroleum provider in the Western European territories.

The rankings of the top 10 most powerful countries out of 195 in the world in 2025 are compiled by US News using the following methodology. The power sub-ranking from US News is based upon an ...

The letter from Democratic lawmakers emphasized Venezuela ... other Latin American countries, and the United States. As part of the recent wave of arrivals from South America, some members ...

MINSK, 31 January (BelTA) - Belarus surpasses most EU countries in the standards of democratic voting, Polish former judge Tomasz Szmydt told BelTA. Tomasz Szmydt had an opportunity to observe the ...