How Hybrid Regimes Erode Democracies: The Philippines
The current state of democracy in the Philippines demonstrates how hybrid regimes develop through executive power expansion, legal system...
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The Ongoing Battle of Electoral Legitimacy in the United States
Americans have seen changing tides in the last ten years, marked by what many call a rise of a populist, a global pandemic, changes in mutual...
Poland Shows How Democracy Can Bend, But Not Break
The people of Poland have witnessed democratic norms erode over the past decade, marked by the absence of credible courts, judicial collapse, and...
Ongoing Democratic Erosion in Brazil After Bolsonaro
Brazil’s democracy, as of recent years, has faced significant erosion as a result of former president Jair Bolsonaro’s actions as a semi-loyalist...
The Deeper Implications of Trump’s Political Labeling
Most people who have been keeping up with American politics over the past few years are familiar with Donald Trump’s creative language for his...
Takaichi’s Era: Democracy on the Edge?
Japan has long been regarded as a consolidated parliamentary democracy since the post–World War II constitutional reforms, a status reaffirmed by...
Orbán and the Courts: Why Hungary’s Democracy Is at Risk
Orbán and the Courts: Why Hungary’s Democracy Is at Risk Is Hungary’s Democracy Still Alive? If you’ve been following European politics, you...
Democratic Backsliding in the 2025 Tanzanian Presidential Election
In the past year, Tanzania has been dealing with tensions surrounding their presidential election in October. There have been claims of election...
Italy Through the Lens of Democratic Erosion
Are We Still Living in a WEIRD World? In the last decade, the world has witnessed a growing instability of democratic institutions in countries...