Shattered State: Bosnia and Ethnic Division
Photo by Nancy Hann on Unsplash 25 years later, the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, better known as the Dayton...
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COVID-19 in El Salvador: How the World’s “First Millennial Dictator” Tried To Control the Virus
When COVID-19-related lockdowns just started sweeping across countries around the globe, it was apparent that this pandemic will highlight all...
How Increasing Partisanship Is Destroying One of the Oldest Democracies
By Nasra Mohamed Democracy is both intrinsically and instrumentally valuable for many reasons. It is inherently valuable, as it is a necessary...
Peru’s Last Chance at Democracy
With three presidents in one week, and a history of political corruption, can Peru’s fragile democracy stay afloat? In a recent unfolding of...
Symptomatic: Argentina Is Infected With Threats to Its Democracy
The stability of Argentinian democracy is under threat. Multiple precursors to democratic erosion are present, including ongoing threats to both...
Ways of Discussing Politics
Are there better ways to engage in politics? How did the United States respond to the results of the 2020 Presidential Election? In this blog...
What We Can Learn From the Irish: Lessons in Populism
2016 was the year of the populist; The Guardian noted that the words "populist" or "populism" were in almost 2,000 articles written by them in...
Benin 2021: What Is an Election in the Absence of Competition?
The word “Democracy” holds far more than its definition, it represents a promise. The promise of control over one's own life, control of...
How Comedian Beppe Grillo’s Social Movement Online Shifted Italian Politics Into An Uprising of Political Populism
An online comedian, actor, and blogger, Beppe Grillo, shifted his personal profession into becoming the founder of a political movement, changing...