Most people in most countries state that they wish to have a democratic government. But the definition of democracy has been constantly contested. Without understanding what people really mean by ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva summoned eleven South ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Rwandese in Kenya light candles to commemorate International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the ...

June 30 (UPI) --Husam Badran, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, has called for a national consensus democracy to take root in a unified Palestine as he encouraged armed Palestinians in the West ...

Florida State University College of Law Professor Mary Ziegler discusses the outlook for reproductive rights in state and federal law.

On Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva summoned eleven South American heads of state to Brasilia. The idea was to reboot South American regional integration efforts, which have ...

Researchers have carried out a new comprehensive assessment on how different people around the world understand the concept of ‘democracy.’ The results demonstrate that -overwhelmingly- people in ...

Rwandese in Kenya light candles to commemorate International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi, at United Nations headquarters in Nairobi. [David Njaaga, Standard] Rwanda ...