Recently, several organizations issued their annual reports on democracy's rise and fall around the world. These assessments from Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), Freedom House, and The Economist vary in their conclusions about the balance between democracy and autocracy worldwide. They also explore how pro-democracy forces are fighting for freedom and human rights in countries controlled by dictators and authoritarian regimes.
Read the reports for yourself, then head over to our Twitter community to vote in the poll started by Justin Kempf of Democracy Paradox.
Democracy Paradox: Staffan Lindberg with a Report on Democracy in the World
Justin Kempf talks with Staffan Lindberg of V-Dem about the organization's 2023 Democracy Report: Defiance in the Face of Autocratization and his book, Why Democracies Develop and Decline.
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