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How Democracy Erodes: A Comparison between the U.S. and Brazil

Both the United States under President Trump and Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro experienced a period of anti-democratic rhetoric. That led to the...

The current administration's push for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act has become yet another polarizing topic between...

Mobilization of the youth for political gains is not a foreign concept for politicians. The Global Youth Participation Index puts global election...

"Today we won because the Hungarian people didn't ask what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country," -Péter...

Democratic stability not only relies on fair elections, but on the shared belief of their legitimacy. The controversy surrounding the 2020 United...

“We have liberated Hungary and have taken back our country,” said Peter Magyar, announcing his landmark victory against strongman Prime Minister...

Setting the Stage for Autocracy Democratic backsliding is nothing if not the gradual death of democracy. Democracy is eroded through incremental...

The U.S. response to the Iran conflict demonstrates how propaganda and narrative manipulation transform foreign policy into a domestic political...

Italy is no stranger to political upheaval. But today, many scholars and democratic organizations are asking the question: is Italy experiencing...