How the Belt and Road Initiative is Spreading Authoritarianism
By Luciano Hoxhaj In 2013, President Xi Jinping of China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project that has seen the development of...
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Tensions Escalate Following Terrorist Attack in Northern Kosovo
By Luciano Hoxhaj On September 24, 2023, more than 30 armed Serbs attacked a monastery in Banjska, a village near Kosovo’s northern border with...
Ghana Protests: Example of Democratic Backsliding
In September, Ghana saw a wave of protests against the economic crisis that has been ravaging the country for the past five years. The protests...
What the United States Can Learn from German Elections
On September 26th, 2021, Germany held an election which was unlike any other in the country’s last sixteen years. Angela Merkel is retiring after...
Nayib Bukele: Changing Democracy, for Better or for Worse?
Two years have passed since Nayib Bukele was elected El Salvador’s 43rd president. He has since made quite an impact on his country. He has...
Ethiopia’s Civil War Rages Ever On
Ethiopia is descending further into chaos as citizens of Tigrayan descent are being forced into detention centers. To identify them, the police...
Media Restrictions in an Increasingly Divided Poland
As the Polish government cracks down on foreign media influence, critics question if it is simply an attempt to silence divergent opinions. On...
Gerrymandering Threatens Democracy
With the midterm elections a year away, battles over redistricting are happening all over the United States, including in Texas. There,...
Tunisia’s Democracy in Turmoil
Until very recently, Tunisia was hailed as a model of democratic progress, achieving a Global Freedom Score of 71 out of 100 on the Freedom House...