Boston University

Populism as Democratic Medicine: Reiwa Shinsengumi and Japan’s Political Apathy

Revisiting Japan’s Democratic Stagnation Populism is often portrayed as a toxin to democracy—an anti-pluralist, anti-institutional movement that...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán turned Hungary from a hopeful post-communist democracy into the first “illiberal democracy” since taking office in...

Members of the Congress Party have been charged with money laundering in connection to the National Herald case. Rahul and Sonia Gandhi,...

In mid-March, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This is despite the fact that Mr....

On the 31st March the leader of the French far-right party (The National Rally), Marine Le Pen, was banned from running in the 2027 presidential...

Being known as one of the more stable democracies in Africa, with a ranking of 10th in regards to the democratic index for African countries in...

Trump’s notorious anti-immigration plans have remained ambitious during his second term in office, promising he “will launch the largest...

On December 3rd, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on the basis that the “North Korean Communist forces” and...

One connection I see between the United States right now and Weimar Germany is the economic state. The failure of the economic system in Germany,...