Election Manipulation Threatens U.S Democracy
One month before Election Day, Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued two executive orders altering the newfound role of Texas as a swing state...
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When Democratization Becomes an Important but Dangerous Endeavor
On April 2nd 2018, Dr. Abiy Ahmed became the 4th Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the midst of growing protests. His inauguration speech sparked a...
Pre-Existing Condition: Scars from Apartheid Keep a Young Democracy Down
Just because a new government 'checks all the boxes' of a democracy doesn’t mean it’s going to run smoothly. The conditions under which a...
Development & Democracy: Sub-Saharan Africa Handicapped by Colonialism?
When you search up “Africa” and “democracy in a web browser, you see headlines like “Fight for Democracy”, “Safeguarding Democracy”, and “Threats...
The August 2020 Coup in Mali: Extending Theories of Democratic Erosion to Low-Income Countries
On August 18, 2020, mutinous soldiers seized power from the Malian president. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) appeared on TV asking, “Do I really...
Forget or Acknowledge? Can Spain Move Forward Without Acknowledging the Past?
What happens when a military coup fails? A possible answer, a nation can be thrown into civil war. In July 1936 a coalition of the Spanish...
The Implications of the Increasing Politicization of Science in the U.S.
As an increasingly broad spectrum of issues start to become topics of partisan debate, it is important to examine the significance and...
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Openly Whittling Away at Democracy
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is no friend to open democracy as exemplified by his interference with the judicial branch, meddling in...
Is Correa’s Ban From Future Elections Undemocratic?
On September 7, the former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa was banned from running for office in the upcoming 2021 elections. Correa’s...