What started with the defeat of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in the December 6, 2015 legislative election has turned into a full fledged attempt to consolidate power by president Maduro. The …
One Man’s Dominion in Moldova by Dan Zhukov @ University of California, Los Angeles
On July 20th, 2017, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova voted to adopt a new mixed electoral system that would replace the old proportional one. According to the proposal, voted for by 74 …
“EU”-rosion in Poland by Emmanuel Iheke, Jr. @ University of California, Los Angeles
As we speak, Poland continues to take more and more steps away from the commonly held European Union tradition of democracy. This process - the erosion of democratic values and transition towards an …
The Threat Fake News Poses to Democracy and its Impact on the 2017 German Election by Caitlin Buckley @ University of California, Los Angeles
As the 2017 September election approached, German Chancellor Angela Merkel found herself preparing to takeon a familiar entity on an unfamiliar scale. This entity, one that had already …
Venezuela’s Transition to Dictatorship by Sam Glick @ UCLA
Venezuela’s Plunging Democracy Over the span of twenty years, democracy in Latin America has eroded. Venezuela’s longstanding democracy is on the brink of destruction after Nicolás Maduro took over …
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Is Argentina on a Democratic Upswing or Deceptive Stagnation Previously Established by the Kirchner Administration? by Samantha Moan @ University of California, Los Angeles
President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner followed in the footsteps of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, bringing in a new leftist wave of populism to Argentina. Kirchner’s efforts to censor the media, degrade …