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posted on by Ahmed Jaiteh
For this analytical blog, an assessment of the election petition that took place during Ghana’s Presidential election in 2012 can provide a glimpse into the country’s transition to establishing a …
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posted on by Ahmed Jaiteh
My blog post is based on how the Bolivia Crisis demonstrated aspects of democratic backsliding. After reading the article by Anria and Roberts (2019), the crisis in Bolivia stems from the resignation …
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posted on by Sevde Acabay
As the democracies around the world started to take a regressive turn, the academic literature and policy agenda of many pay more attention to the subject of de-democratization. As more and more …
posted on by Elanur Ekiz
Bilkent University Tagged With: Coronavirus, hostage diplomacy, Iran, the US
Coronavirus pandemic had impacted our daily lives as well as the international relations today. The impact of the pandemic, the fueling of democratic backsliding in certain liberal and electoral …
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posted on by Hikmet Can Cakan
Bilkent University Tagged With: Coronavirus, Stealth Authoritarianism, Surveillance
South Korea’s fight against the Covid-19 turns out to be worrisome! Not for being ineffective in combating the virus, but for a different story that I would like to tell. As a part of the fight …
posted on by Volkan Imamoglu
The lack of democracy and basic freedom in Nicaragua is not a new trend in the country. Over the last century, the country has experienced the invasion of the United States, dictatorship rule by a …
