In this segment from Ian Bremmer’s State of the World 2025 address at the GZERO Summit Japan, he explores a future that once seemed unthinkable: an America that functions less like a representative ...

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

It’s become common lately to claim that the United States is a republic rather than a democracy, as though these terms are contradictory. LNP | LancasterOnline published the May 19 letter “The United ...

Whether a Republic or a Representative Democracy fully describes our current form of government is irrelevant: citizens in this country rule indirectly (by voting), and a written constitution, ...