Allyse Pratt

Why Did Vizcarra Vanish? The “Legislative Coup” in Peru

We’ve all experienced the agonizingly slow process of democratic bureaucracy; we lament the lines, the paperwork, and the drudgery that is required to get anything done. But every now and then, a...

Catalonia and Madrid: Has Democracy Prevailed?

Williams College

Under what circumstances does a region have a right to secede from its nation? To what degree can a nation democratically go to keep its regions from seceding? Spain and its famous region to the...