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Palestine ranks poorly as a democratic state by both Freedom House and The Economist’s Intelligence Unit. Freedom House does not recognize Palestine as one government, but instead separates the …
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Around the world, we are seeing a new trend of democratic erosion spring up, especially in the United States. In the 2018 Georgia race for Governor, we saw two versions of Georgia pitted against each …
Among the rolling hills and open plains of the Balkans lies a nation, young, and fragile. Bosnia sits, safe, for now, guarded from …
The specter of the mainstream media is worrisome and even more so when hearing about the growing concentration of media under a few corporations[1]. There are also issues of misinformation and …
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Myanmar’s military carried out a promissory coup Feb. 1, 2021 ending a brief five year run of democracy that began in 2015. A promissory coup, as described by Nancy Bermeo in On Democratic Backsliding …
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A headstrong statesman and former KDB operative, Vladimir Putin continues to show unwavering strength in the face of recent political protest in the Russian Federation. Within the first month of 2021, …
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