Hungary’s Democracy on Paper Is a Danger to Europe by Daniel Abramson
This past week, Freedom House published its annual report on the status of...
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Why The Shutdown is Only the Beginning by Amber Chan
For over 35 days, the state of the United States was in limbo. From December 22nd until January 25th, the longest government shutdown was a...
Stealth Authoritarianism in Practice: Cambodia’s Failed Democracy by Huy Do
On January 7, 2019, thousands of Cambodians gathered to celebrate the 40th Victory Day, the annual celebration of the fall of the Khmer Rouge...
How The 2016 Presidential Election Shed Light on Democratic Backsliding by Sophie Secor
The 2016 Trump campaign was unlike any other campaign that America has ever seen. The highly publicized, and infamous candidate was anything but...
The “Trump of the Tropics”: How Much Danger Does Bolsonaro Pose? – by Dean Weeden
The global rise of nationalism in recent years has given rise to far-right movements across the globe, but its effects have been contained...
The United States Has Joined the Sad Roster of Backsliding Democracies by Nikki Tolenoa
Since the moment that current President Trump had been elected as the next President of the United States, the entire world has kept an eye on...
Brazilian democracy under threat: the pathway that led President Bolsonaro to power by Eugênia Álvares Affonso
On October 28, 2018, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, from PSL (Social Liberal Party), was elected president of Brazil with 55 percent of valid votes on...
A Case of Democratic Erosion: How Georgia’s Exact Match Policy Compromises Free and Fair Elections by Emilie Larsen
Controversy over voter access is a reoccurring figure in American political debate, most recently revitalized by the 2018 midterm elections....
The Impact of Presidential Pardoning on American Democracy by Felicia Gordon
In the United States, the power to pardon is an executive power that is awarded to the President of the United States under Article II, Section...