Mary Farrell

Why Coronavirus Spells Trouble for Democracy in Poland

Crises have always created opportunities for undemocratic leaders to consolidate power. Hitler used the Reichstag fire, Alberto Fujimori used the threat of communist violence in Peru, and Vladimir...

How Attacks on Press Freedom in Bulgaria Spell Trouble for Democracy

American University

On October 6th, 2018, Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova was found murdered in a park along the Danube. 30-year old Marinova had been a television journalist on Bulgarian channel TVN whose final...