Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shared the state's Defense and Aerospace Strategic Plan at the Munich Security Conference, focusing on innovation and high-paying jobs.

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In a cycle packed with competitive contests, the elections to oversee America’s elections may be among the most consequential ...

When Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted Americans to join the fight against the axis of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan in 1940, without actually entering the war, he called on Americans to ...

A month after the United States deposed Nicolás Maduro, what can the Trump administration do to move Venezuela toward democracy?

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, has announced the launch of a new Program ...

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Just imagine someone were to inform you the next election was no longer taking place. Come off it, you’d say, that’s the sort ...

Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.

Overseeing the election will be the final duty of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, led since the revolution by Muhammad ...

Stanford will celebrate its fifth annual Democracy Day on Nov. 4 in a day-long celebration of civic engagement marked by events, panels, mixers and activities. Despite it being a non-election year, ...

Nazrul said the people had “decided to entrust the BNP with responsibility” and expressed gratitude to voters.