How Trump and his federal forces are using America’s polarization problem to dismantle American democracy
America’s two-party system is seeing one of its largest divides in American history. Belonging to one party or the other can be an immediate...
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Corruption vs. The Fight for Democratic Resilience: The Threat of Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal to EU Membership and Democratic Integrity
On Monday, November 10th, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that several of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s long-time associates and...
Shameless Politics: How Scandal Lost Its Power in America
In September of 2024, FBI agents acting as businessmen met with the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan under the guise...
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court Upholds Bolsonaro’s Conviction — Hope For Democratic Resilience Remains
“In Brazil, impunity for those who attack democracy has always been the rule. This trial breaks that cycle” — Oscar Vilhena Vieira (2025).” ...
When Violence Becomes “Politics as Usual”: How Normalization Threatens American Democracy
In the United States today, political violence is no longer an unimaginable notion, it is becoming a background condition of democratic life....
Donald Trump, An American Demagogue
Throughout our nation's history, only one president could claim the unique honor of having been elected to the presidency twice in nonconsecutive...
Netanyahu’s Antidemocratic Reforms
Background Info: Israel in its modern state is a parliamentary democratic state that holds free and fair elections with various parties offering...
Unraveling Russia’s Influence on Brazil’s Democracy: The Nova Resistência
In the landscape of global information manipulation, the New Resistance emerges as a significant player in the erosion of democracy. The New...
Do Competing Foreign Interests Dissuade Democratic Progress?
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the fall of Yugoslavia, many nations abandoned their communist alliances and ideologies, and...