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The resources listed here provide current data, analysis, and monitoring tools on democratic erosion and resilience. While Protecting Democracy focuses on recurring patterns, these organizations track real-world events, publish reports, and offer tools for deeper engagement. They allow you to connect the patterns described in this project to ongoing developments worldwide, from press freedom and civic space to institutional resilience and democratic recovery.
A media bias tool that presents news stories across the political spectrum—from left, center, and right—to help users break out of filter bubbles and assess journalistic balance.
Democracy Coverage: Offers deep, policy-driven insights with articles on executive overreach, election manipulation, and democratic norms in decline.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Comparative Analysis: Provides in-depth, timely comparisons of democratic erosion globally, with new briefs such as U.S. Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective.
Democracy Tools: Hosts an early-warning system for democratic erosion, including interactive tools to track country-level risks over time.
Civil Liberties Union for Europe ("Liberties")
Advocates for civil rights and rule-of-law protection across the EU—publishing annual reports on media pluralism, legislative rollbacks, and rights erosion.
A global watchdog tracking civic space and freedoms, recently flagging rising concerns in the U.S. and other countries.
An advocacy group promoting democratic reforms like accessible voting, accountability, and ending partisan gerrymandering, especially at the U.S. state and local levels.
Academic coverage of global democratic erosion, including creative responses and social defense mechanisms in emerging threats.
Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC)
A nonpartisan research initiative offering an events-based dataset, visualizations, and academic “evidence briefs” tracking democratic backsliding globally. Ideal for educators, policymakers, and researchers.
European coalitions uniting pro-democracy actors across borders—sharing best practices and mutual support in combating populist erosion in Israel, Poland, Hungary, and beyond.
Long-standing nonprofit that publishes annual Global freedom rankings, including the “Freedom in the World” and “Freedom on the Net” reports, offering comparative data across countries.
Harvard Ash Center for Democratic Organizing
Features panels and research focused on how civil society mobilizes to resist democratic backsliding—rooted in real-world organizing strategies.
IDEA The Global State of Democracy Initiative
Event-oriented updates on democratic and human rights developments across 173 countries, for ongoing situational awareness.
IFES Paths to Democratic Resilience Report
A research paper defining "democratic resilience" and offering a detailed blueprint for designing interventions in environments under authoritarian pressure.
Global State of Democracy Report: A respected intergovernmental organization's annual assessments of global democratic health, forecasting trends and mapping backsliding patterns.
Promotes democratic resilience globally via advocacy, mediation, and the promotion of rule of law in fragile contexts.
An international, independent news platform publishing in-depth analysis on democracy, human rights, and global policy with a creative commons license for educational reuse.
A U.S.-based organization focused on defending institutional norms and democratic rights through legal analysis, policy advocacy, and educational toolkits such as the “Authoritarian Playbook.”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
International NGO defending press freedom; publishes investigative reports and the annual World Press Freedom Index.
A U.K.-based institution offering investigative reporting and policy analysis focused on European governance, civil liberties, and transparency.
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