Alin Khrimian

Democratic Backsliding in the Middle East’s Former Beacon of Democracy: Polarization and Media Control by Erdoğan and the AKP

For years, Turkey was hailed as being an exemplary case of a rare, developing, and withstanding secular democracy in a Muslim-majority society. However, under the rule of President Recep Tayyip...

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Decrease in Right-wing Populist Support for Putin

SUNY-Binghamton

On the morning of February 24, Putin ordered a “special military operation” under the guise of demilitarizing, denazifying, and democratizing Ukraine. This came after weeks of stationing hundreds of...