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From Populism to Restoration: Ecuador’s Political (R)evolution

In recent years, Ecuador has witnessed a complex interplay between democracy and the rise of populism, a phenomenon that has captured the...

Amid growing violent threats and increasing administrative burdens, a surge in resignations among local election officials signals trouble for...

In June of 2017, Ana Brnabic became the first female and first openly gay prime minister of Serbia. Coupled with the overtures by German...

I attended #ReformPhilly: Bringing Injustice to Light, an event organized by Roc Nation in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania’s...

Democratization efforts face many significant obstacles in Burkina Faso. The most notable one might however be the history of the country itself....

Poland is perhaps the most well-known nation-state undergoing serious democratic erosion, in part because it is Eastern Europe’s strongest...

On March 12th, Austrian citizens and political elites gathered at Heldenplatz, the public courtyard in front of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. The date...

On April 16, 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) celebrated the passage of their landmark...

During the last weekend of February, I took it upon myself to return to my home state of New Jersey to attend an general meeting of our county’s...