If the keening of pessimists is to be believed, this paper is written in the midst of the darkling dusk of an authoritarian age. Studies of the fate of democracy around the world—the countries that ...

The major public opinion survey institutions in the US (Pew Research, Gallup, and others) and the UK (YouGov UK, Ipsos UK, and others) are telling the same story. The citizens of both countries are ...

When the first of the modern United Kingdom international development white papers were published more than 25 years ago, the world was a different place — the U.K.’s economy was bigger than China’s, ...

A major new survey of young people's attitudes and priorities has found that while young people believe in democracy over dictatorship, they think that UK democracy is in trouble. The University of ...

UK-based organization Liberty has successfully challenged some of these measures, with the High Court ruling in August that the previous government acted unlawfully in lowering the threshold.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday that UK authorities have “severely restricted” the right to protest, contravening international human rights obligations and creating an environment in ...