Stochastic Terrorism in Poland
By Conor Gleeson Stochastic terrorism is a term that rose to prominence in 2018 to describe the use of mass, public communication, against a...
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The Catalan Threat to Spanish Democracy by Joe Bodnar
General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship attempted to bury Catalan nationalism. After Franco’s death in 1975, Spain attempted to bury Francoism....
Japan Evades Populism but Sets the Stage for Future Trouble by Riham Amin
Over the past two decades nations around the world have collectively fallen into the hands of populist leaders. From the long-lasting global...
Corruption and Constitutional Retrogression In Israel by H. Upchurch
At the end of February, Benjamin Netanyahu drew condemnations from all over the world for a deal that would bring a Kahanist party into the...
Authoritarians Fight to the Death by Gwenyth Szabo
Authoritarians do not just cling to power, they fight for it until their very last breath. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is one of the many...
Xi’s China or Chinese Xi: Critical Evaluations of Charisma among Chinese Leaderships by Zitian Sun
Did Chinese Constitution Revision Make Xi A Dictator? On March 11, 2018, a CNN reporter, Matt Rivers, called the latest Chinese...
Can Reversion and Retrogression Work Together to Topple a Democracy?: Ortega’s Nicaragua by Riham Amin
When Daniel Ortega won his first term of presidency in 1984, he...
Democratic Erosion in Haiti and Voter Confidence by Samuel Reeder
Voter participation in Haiti has been declining exponentially over the past few decades with the last presidential election only receiving at...
Government Shutdowns and Democratic Legitimacy by H. Upchurch
The longest government shutdown to date ended on 25 January 2019, and unless Congress reaches a deal on the border, the government will shut down...