Signal Report states authoritarian regimes now outnumber democracies worldwide

Summary

This signal comes from the report's list of conditions shaping the geotechnomic landscape, under the heading of democratic breakdown. The report states that authoritarian regimes now outnumber democracies around the world. It adds that some established democracies appear to be sliding toward authoritarian rule. If democracies of global or regional significance were to fall into anocracy or civil conflict, the report warns, disruptions to trade and diplomacy could cascade through the international system. The signal therefore links domestic political change to international economic and diplomatic stability. It forms part of the background against which the report's six stories of change unfold.