In April 1967, Greece’s fragile democracy collapsed overnight. A group of middle-ranking army officers, led by Colonel ...

Socrates’s insistence on challenging Athenian culture might be one of Western intellectual tradition’s greatest gifts — a ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance. By Serge Schmemann The ...

Left-wing politician Alexis Tsipras is working on a fresh start. Conservative Antonis Samaras is stirring up opposition against Greece's rapprochement with Turkey. Pressure on Kyriakos Mitsotakis' ...

In December the Supreme Court in the American state of Colorado held that former President Donald Trump was constitutionally ineligible to run for election again due to the Fourteenth Amendment’s ...

It lies behind social democrats PASOK, who are second, the Communist Party (KKE), as well as radical right, Greek Solution, ...

The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

The rapid dismantling of U.S. democracy has added a new urgency to these gatherings. The forces undermining democracies ...

With a record number of countries holding elections in 2024—including the U.S., where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling it out for the White House this week—the future of democracy feels ...

Voters have more opportunities than ever in 2024 to shape history in their countries, but war, technology and other forces pose a powerful threat, experts said. By Farah Nayeri The Athens Democracy ...