Abrupt Decay: How Egypt’s Democratic Experiment Failed Too Soon for Us To See
Democracy in Egypt lasted less than two years between 2011 and 2013. How do new governments fail so quickly? And is democracy gone for good in...
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Weaponizing Anti-LGBTQ Bias: The Authoritarian’s Approach to Dismantling a Democracy
Piotr Grabarczyk and his boyfriend, Kamil Pawlik, arrive in Barcelona after fleeing their homeland of Poland due to intensifying anti-LGBTQ...
Idriss Deby Poised to Serve a Sixth Term
Chad is a country that relatively obscure to those who seldom follow African politics. A google search of Chad will produce the TV series...
Brazil’s Democracy Contracts a COVID-19 Fever
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic cost him popular support. Now he feverishly lays the groundwork for...
Tanzania’s Uneven Democratic Playing Field
Before the death of President John Magufuli, Tanzania was transitioning into an autocratic state, hitting every hallmark for an uneven democratic...
Democracy: COVID’s Latest Victim
Never in history has there been such a widespread restriction on movement. Around the globe, countries rushed to enact emergency restrictions to...
Virtual Civil Society Networks and the Milk Tea Alliance
As the world grows more interconnected through the proliferation of the internet, social media and other instant messaging technology will play...
Armenia’s Postwar Political Crisis
On February 25, 2021 several dozen Armenian army officers and senior military leaders issued a letter calling for the Prime Minister, Nikol...
Civil Society and Democratic Decline: A Look at Poland
Poland was once seen as a model post-Soviet transition to democracy. Between 1989 and 2014, Poland built democratic institutions, joined the EU,...