Western media does not cover much about Mongolia. Most Americans likely know about Chinggis (Genghis) Khan and the Mongol Empire, yurts, and Central Asian steppes. Geopolitically, they might know …
Ortega’s Long Game: Democratic Backsliding in Nicaragua Goes Unnoticed by Cody Dune-McGlashan @ Brown University
From a cursory glance, Nicaragua appears to be doing better than ever. Economic growth continues in the 4-5% range and the homicide rate is even lower than neighboring Costa Rica. Clearly the country …
India’s informal workers are talking. Federalism forces their leader’s to listen. By Amalia Perez @ Brown University.
Informal workers—those laborers who, by definition, are "employed in enterprises that use power and employ fewer than 10 people or do not use power and employ fewer than 20 people "— comprise a …
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: Honduras, Bolivia, and Executive Aggrandizement in 2017. By Amalia Perez @ Brown University.
Honduras, the will of the Honduran people, and the state of the country's democracy are — as we speak — under attack by the country's president, Juan Orlando Hernández Alvaro. A 6 PM curfew has been …
Want to Stop Media Polarization? Think About Editorial Policy by Artur Avkhadiev @ Brown University
We talk a lot about polarization of free media in the U.S. and around the world. In doing so, we mostly focus on how we consume news — for example, through preferential viewing of cable channels or …
Why South Sudan Has Not Found a Path to Democracy by Will Conard @ Brown University
South Sudan, the world’s newest sovereign nation, has had consistent trouble maintaining freedom for its citizens both socially and politically since it achieved independence in 2011. After 50 years …