How Corruption in Jamaica is Demoralizing Democracy by Amy Gagnon
In 2016, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated Jamaica as a “flawed democracy,” and since then has struggled to lose that title. This is mainly...
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Wanting to be like Europe: Albanian student movement offers hope for the future by Stiv Mucollari
Three decades ago students in Albania demanded change and protested the totalitarian communist regime that had ruled Albania since 1945. The...
The Prespa Agreement: How North Macedonia’s Name Change is a Step Forward for Democracy by Emily Dichele
As of February 2019, Macedonia has officially changed their name to the Republic of North Macedonia after the signing of the Prespa agreement....
The Putin Internet Paradox; Decreased Internet Freedom Could Lead to Liberalization in Russia by Jonathan Eckel
Putin’s reign of power in Russia has been augmented, in part, by his ever-increasing vice grip on independent media outlets and oppositional...
China’s “One country, two systems” policy: A threat to Taiwan’s democracy by Hoang Nguyen
From left to right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Financial Times Xi...
Taiwan’s Road to Freedom by Anna Meomutli
Republic of China, another name of Taiwan, is a quasi-independent state in the East Asian region that is showing the world that one can and will...
Nickel and Dimed by Gabriel Moran
What does democratic backsliding mean for the U.S. economy when looking through the scope of other nondemocratic/backsliding countries? With...
The Ethics of Science, Protest, and Technology: Helpful or Harmful? By Emily Betancourt
Science may cause wars, although an extreme perspective, highly possible. The United States is subjective towards where they spend their dollars....
A Broken System by Humza Usman
The American criminal justice system raises many concerns among ethnic minorities within this diverse country as we see rising reports of police...