As a small state living in the shadow of Russia and China, the resilience and continued survival of Mongolian democracy is a testament that democracy can endure in hard places. In July 1990 ...

Mongolia’s nomadism is a sign of the past, but the transition to parliamentary democracy and a market economy shows a nation recovering its future. Bold Sandagdorj, chief economist at the Bank of ...

The biggest change came from Bangladesh, which dropped 25 places. Rebuilding democracy there will be an enormous task after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s longtime autocratic ruler.