Socrates’ method was to clear his students’ minds of abstractions and assumptions, so that they might attain self-knowledge ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

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 ...

In America today, an impeached former leader, whose lies threaten the very structure of democracy, is maneuvering to return to power. This has happened before, with dire consequences. In ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

The word ‘democracy’ originated from the ancient Greek word ‘demokratia’ around 507 BC, where ‘demos’ means people and ‘kratos’ means power/rule. So, democracy means ‘people ...