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Montevideo, April 18th 2026 - 11:47 UTC

Tag: V-Dem Institute

  • Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 12:57 UTC

    Western Democracies backsliding, with U.S. decline “unprecedented”

    Professor Staffan Ingemar Lindberg, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg (Pic: Markus Marcetic)

    Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world. This, and more, is reported in the latest Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg.