Ava Naeff

Democratic Backsliding in India: Electoral Manipulation and the Deterioration of Civil Liberties

Boston University, Uncategorized, Universities

Since 1950, India has been considered the world’s largest democracy. Although democracy-watching organizations have different methods of categorizing democracies, they all classify modern-day India...

The Democratic Breakdown of Benin: Extremist Groups, Counterterrorism, and Executive Stealth Authoritarianism

Boston University, Uncategorized

Sub-Saharan Africa is largely autocratic, with only about 10% of the region considered to be democratic. Benin, one of the only five democracies, is now sliding down a path of authoritarianism. On...