George Mason University

How Serbia’s Unequal Media Environment Shapes Democratic Competition

On September 15, Serbia’s election commission approved Student List Students Win for the October 25 parliamentary election. The list grew out of...

Tanks did not roll into the capital, nor did generals appear. Yet, between 2015 and 2020, Zambia’s democracy was quietly dismantled through the...

“From the river to the sea” Depending on who says or hears this most infamous, iconic, hostile, or even beautiful slogan, it can produce several...

Up until 1993, Malawi had been under dictatorship for twenty-nine years. However, in an unprecedented referendum, 63.5 percent of voters favored...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. casts his ballot during the 2025 Philippine midterm elections. Photo: Presidential Communications Office /...

In December 2010, a fruit vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire. Weeks later, the dictator fled. The Arab Spring began. Fifteen years on,...

When Democracy Uses Its Own Institutions: How Venezuela Eroded from Within Venezuela’s democratic erosion unfolded in stages: distrust of...

In 2016, Bolivians were asked a simple question: should President Evo Morales be allowed to run for another term? They answered no. Yet, one year...

First the father, then the brother-in-law and sister—and now the youngest daughter. The fourth prime minister from the Shinawatra family has been...