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In this article, we look at the 20 most democratic countries in Asia. You can skip our detailed analysis on global corporations that promote democracy and head over directly to the 5 Most Democratic Countries in Asia. The question of whether democracy leads to economic growth continues to remain a talking point as China advances […]

A lesson of the 20th century is that democracy is not so easy to put back together once it’s been torn down. | Opinion

Democratic standards decline globally in 2023 due to wars and authoritarian crackdowns. Read the Economist Intelligence Unit's analysis

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Malaysia fell one spot in the 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit democracy index released yesterday, ranking 40th globally and scoring among the worst for...

The government on Tuesday raised serious doubts over a clutch of studies, which have indicated that India's rankings have declined on a number of global-based indices like democracy, freedom, civil liberties and political culture among others, ...

Letter: Democracy hasn’t fared well in America, but things are looking up FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2021, file photo, workers install razor wire atop fencing around the U.S. Capitol perimeter at sunset, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) By Tom Huckin | The Public Forum   | April 3, 2021, 12:00 p.m. In a recent letter, Frank Fish notes that the United States is no democracy but a “badly run plutocracy.” He correctly singles out the U.S. Senate as being especi...

Updated: The major news headlines of the day, and more. Share Article AAA A health worker checks the temperature of a woman at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai on March 17, 2021.   | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE The major news headlines of the day, and more. Maharashtra alone accounts for 61.8% of the daily new cases with 17,864 cases. It is followed by Kerala with 1,970 while Punjab reported 1,463 new cases, the Health Ministry said. Kerala is reporting a consistently declin...

Three different reports have downgraded India's democracy recently - and the government is not happy.