Political leaders are teachers. This is true even if they do not intend it. They are role models, both good and bad, for the public. Political leaders also educate the public about specific policy ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team. Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not primarily by ...

As I think about the world now and reflect on analyses conducted by scholars — Robert Kagan, among others — it is now a fairly common conclusion that our democracy here in the United States is at risk ...

Lee Drutman is a senior fellow at New America and the author of “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America.” This column is adapted from his new report, “More ...