Democratic Backsliding: How Trump’s Administration is Turning ICE into a Tool for Personalist Rule
The survival of modern democracy in the United States has been witnessing the threat of democratic erosion under the current administration....
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Reclassifying Bureaucratic Positions: How Trump’s New Rule Threatens Democracy
On February 6, 2026, the Office of Personnel Management released a rule authorizing the reclassification of tens of thousands of...
“When the Wolf is Beyond Reproach: An Exploration of Stealth Authoritarianism in America”
Photo by NASA: www.unsplash.com “When the Wolf is Beyond Reproach: An Exploration of Stealth Authoritarianism in America” Stealth...
How Hybrid Regimes Erode Democracies: The Philippines
The current state of democracy in the Philippines demonstrates how hybrid regimes develop through executive power expansion, legal system...
The Ongoing Battle of Electoral Legitimacy in the United States
Americans have seen changing tides in the last ten years, marked by what many call a rise of a populist, a global pandemic, changes in mutual...
Poland Shows How Democracy Can Bend, But Not Break
The people of Poland have witnessed democratic norms erode over the past decade, marked by the absence of credible courts, judicial collapse, and...
Ongoing Democratic Erosion in Brazil After Bolsonaro
Brazil’s democracy, as of recent years, has faced significant erosion as a result of former president Jair Bolsonaro’s actions as a semi-loyalist...
The Deeper Implications of Trump’s Political Labeling
Most people who have been keeping up with American politics over the past few years are familiar with Donald Trump’s creative language for his...
Takaichi’s Era: Democracy on the Edge?
Japan has long been regarded as a consolidated parliamentary democracy since the post–World War II constitutional reforms, a status reaffirmed by...