Food Security is Rooted Abroad
When conflict erupts in the Middle East, most Americans do not expect it to affect the price of corn in Iowa or groceries at home. Yet...
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The Meaning of Silence : What the moment of silence for Melissa Hortman says about American democracy
On June 14, 2025, the lives of Melissa Hortman who was a House speaker in Minnesota and her husband Mark were taken in what authorities...
The New Future of Warfare? How Social Media is Inflating Tensions Between the U.S. and Iran.
Social media is moving to the forefront of the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with political elites from both sides of the conflict...
Modern Day Scarlet Letter: Women in Afghanistan Being Shamed for Mens’ Actions
Modern Day Scarlet Letter: Women in Afghanistan Being Shamed for Men's Actions A 16 year old girl named Gulnaz was raped by her cousin’s husband...
Identity Survival Amongst Democratically Eroded Ethno-Religious Conflicts
When politics turns into a contest for identity survival, democratic institutions stop functioning as neutral arbitrators and instead become...
When Will It End? Stealth Authoritarianism over Female Reproductive Rights
In May 2026, the United States Supreme Court has now finally temporarily restored access to the mailing of mifepristone after a lower court...
After Orbán: Should the EU be shifting its sights to Bulgaria?
Victor Orbán, a pain in the European Union’s side, is no longer in office. Although, the EU cannot celebrate just yet, as Rumen Radev might have...
Orbán Lost. But Did Democracy Win? Hungary’s Election and the Limits of Electoral Recovery
On April 12 2026 Viktor Orbán's sixteen-year grip on Hungary ended. This is when Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a landslide securing a two-thirds...
When Saving Democracy Looks Like Killing It: Romania’s Election Crisis and the Paradox of Militant Democracy
In December 2024, Romania's Constitutional Court did something almost without precedent in modern European history: it annulled the first round...