Jamieson Smith

Turkey: The End of “Competitive Authoritarianism”?

On March 19, 2025, the top opposition candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested four days prior to confirmation as the opposition party’s candidate for president. Turkey’s presidential elections are...

America Demoted to a “Flawed Democracy”

Boston University

No longer the "Shining City Upon a Hill" as President Reagan proudly claimed in his parting note in 1989, the U.S. has been demoted from a "full democracy" to a "flawed democracy" - an indictment of...