Notable uptick across all democracy indices with #VDem for #Mongolia.
Had been puzzled by past steady declines (see https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/12/self-censorship/ for implications), now I fail to be able to point to any factor in past 18 months that should lead to improvement.

#MGLpoli @mongoliastudies

#democratie #index #vDem

Het jaarlijkse V-dem (varieties in democracy) rapport is de moeite waard om door te nemen.

Nederland scoort nog steeds goed in de democratie index, maar ten opzichte van 2015 is er wel duidelijke achteruitgang.

Een zwakte in ons land is met name de mate van participatie in politiek. Op veel aspecten staan we rond de 20ste plaats (in de wereld) maar met participatie is het slechts de 50ste.

Teleurstelling is Polen. De omkeer lijkt te stokken

https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf

"Die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die amerikanische #Demokratie derzeit demontiert wird, ist in der modernen Geschichte beispiellos“,
„Varieties of Democracy“-Instituts (V-Dem)

Leider geht es auch in Europa bergab, nicht nur in Ungarn..

#VDem #usa #europa

https://orf.at/stories/3424095/

Democracy in the World 2025 - on life support

- Democracy is back to 1978 levels for the average
global citizen.
- The level of democracy for the average citizen in
Western Europe and North America is at its lowest
level in over 50 years, primarily due to ongoing
autocratization in the USA.
- The USA loses its long-term status as a liberal
democracy – for the first time in over 50 years.

https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

#Democracy #VDem #CauseForAlarm

Hui. Es sieht schlecht aus, Leute. I'm sure the US flag tattered and torn is just a symbolic picture.
#democracy #report #VDEM #DemocracyReport2026

"Unraveling the Democratic Era?"

https://v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf

Secondo recenti ricerche internazionali (come il Democracy Report di V-Dem), oggi solo 29 Paesi possono essere considerati vere democrazie liberali. Un dato che segnala un chiaro arretramento globale.
In questo quadro né Stati Uniti né Italia rientrano tra le democrazie “piene”, sono classificate come democrazie imperfette. #Israele è uscito dal gruppo delle democrazie liberali, pur restando una sistema elettorale.

#democrazia #crisi_della_democrazia #diritti_civili #Vdem

Maria Ressa: To Avoid Normalization of Kleptocracy

https://nerdica.net/display/a85d7459-2068-4796-2596-ca4841861235