Tunisia Didn’t Reject Democracy
In December 2010, a fruit vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire. Weeks later, the dictator fled. The Arab Spring began. Fifteen years on,...
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When Democracy Uses Its Own Institutions: How Venezuela Eroded from Within
When Democracy Uses Its Own Institutions: How Venezuela Eroded from Within Venezuela’s democratic erosion unfolded in stages: distrust of...
Bolivia’s Double-Edged Transformation: How Resource Nationalism Strengthened – and Strained – Democracy
In 2016, Bolivians were asked a simple question: should President Evo Morales be allowed to run for another term? They answered no. Yet, one year...
Thaksin Shinawatra: Rise, Ruin, and Political Rebirth
First the father, then the brother-in-law and sister—and now the youngest daughter. The fourth prime minister from the Shinawatra family has been...
Democracy Explained by Citizen Power, Not Economic Development Alone: The Case of Malawi
Many countries with high levels of democracy are also wealthy. This suggests that economic development and democracy are closely related....
How Indonesia’s Democracy Getting Threated in Silence
After the collapse of President Suharto’s autocratic New Order regime in 1998, Indonesia was widely celebrated as Southeast Asia’s most resilient...
How Does Democratic Erosion of Pakistan Make Security Concerns
Introduction The suicide bombing in August 2nd, 2026 (in Kabal, a town in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, 14 people died...
Democratic Erosion in Kenya: Ethnic Politics, Political Elites, and Democratic Institutions
Introduction According to Freedom House, Kenya is a multiparty democracy that holds regular and competitive elections. However, having elections...
Mexico Holds Elections. Cartels Hold the Veto: How Criminal Governance Undermines Subnational Democracy
On April 1, 2024, Bertha Gisela Gaytán stood at a campaign rally in Celaya, a city in Guanajuato torn apart by a cartel turf war. She was running...