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Elizabeth Shackelford explains why press freedom is more than an important feature of democracy—it's a foreign policy priority.

Milei’s appeal draws attention to an acute problem facing democracies around the world: Good governance and good politics don’t always align.

As the run-off vote looms at the end of October, the far-right’s misinformation machine is going into overdrive, writes Robert Muggah.

Will the Republican Party stand for international engagement, democracy and freedom? Or will Republicans adopt a narrower, inward-looking vision?

"Kenyan elections have a troubled history, but with democracy declining across the globe, Kenya this year stands out as a possible ray of hope," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

"In order for democracies to compete with authoritarian regimes like China, they have to prove that they can deliver for their people at home," Council President Daalder tells CNN.

In this episode, Garrison host's John C. Austin for a discussion of his theory of "Ally On-Shoring", a proposed method of economic and security cooperation among democracies in the face of the rising challenges of a revisionist China abroad and a