Between War, Populism, and Authoritarianism, Half of the World’s Democracies Are in Peril.

Demonstrations in China and Iran give a fragile glimmer of hope to this dark year of 2022. But the overall picture is worrying, according to the think tank Idea.

Democratic institutions are under attack, civil liberties threatened, and elections contested ... These symptoms of a sick democracy continue to spread throughout the world, according to the alarming report by the think tank Idea. In its latest annual report “The Global State of Democracy 2022: Forging Social Contracts in a Time of Discontent,” Idea ass…