Turkey’s Attempted 2016 Coup is a Symptom, Not a Cause of Democratic Erosion
On July 15, 2016, tanks and members of the Turkish military took to the streets of Istanbul in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the...
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Democratic Erosion in Poland’s Judicial Reform
Poland is actively making corrupt efforts to silence those who muster the courage to speak out. In late 2019, the Polish Sejm approved a new law,...
Ignoring the Referee: Court Defiance and America’s Last Guardrail
Democracies don’t usually die in a single dramatic moment. They erode quietly and gradually, through a thousand small surrenders. But...
The Permanent Campaign: Why Populist Leaders Can Never Stop Fighting the System
Imagine winning the most powerful office in the world and still governing like you're the underdog. That's the paradox at the center of modern...
Democracy in America in Historic Decline: What’s Next For the USA?
With the release of the most recent V-Dem report on world democracy, the US has reached a 60-year low dropping all the way back to levels before...
Is Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Actually Keeping Us Safe?
Voter fraud in the United States is almost nonexistent, with very little evidence suggesting that noncitizens are the ones committing it, if it...
Hollowing out the State: DOGE and the Administrative Erosion of American Democracy
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a body embedded...
The United States of Stealth Authoritarianism
Are we really doing this? “America will continue our leadership in defense of human dignity, in defense of rules and norms, and in defense of...