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The Kremlin’s Quest for Another Term by “Rechelle Dennis” @ University of California, Los Angeles

This Sunday, Russia will be holding their presidential elections. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin is projected to win another term in a...

Populist leaders have recently been on the rise and have been everywhere in certain events of political history. Populist leaders seek political...

Since 2012, Venezuela’s economic condition has been on a downward spiral and the country is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. The political...

Many argue that Venezuela’s current state of democracy is directly linked to Hugo Chavez’s leftovers as a 15 year president. Specifically,...

Hugo Chavez was Venezuela’s most successful president and democracy’s worst nightmare. His socialist rhetoric and policies were the catalyst...

On July 15, 2016, an event occurred in Turkey that rarely occurs in mature democracies. The Turkish armed forces initiated a coup d’état against...

Pink champagne and fine cigars abound at Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home. What does this luxurious lifestyle have to...

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s former President now deceased, left the nation in a good condition. The economy was thriving, the Gross Domestic Product...

In central Europe there have recently been some alarming events that perfectly portray symptoms of democratic erosion, caused by the mechanism of...