Vishan Chaudhary

Failed Erosion: Petro Poroshenko’s Executive Aggrandizement in Ukraine

As he held a Kalashnikov assault rifle, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a bold and clear statement to CNN earlier this morning: “we Ukrainian[s] are free people with a great...

Consequences of Filibuster Reform in the U.S.

University of Chicago

The current debate over whether to reform the filibuster in the U.S. Senate has profound implications for the strength of American democracy. The filibuster, a procedural rule which allows any...