Will Democracy in Myanmar Be Restored? Not Anytime Soon
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power and declared a one-year state of emergency after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won...
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Increasing “Voter Security” Increases Impediments to Voting in the United States
The 2020 Presidential Election represents a new era in the breakdown of American Democracy. Although Joe Biden won the presidency, in many states...
The Downfalls of Gate-keeping: What Bernie Sanders Dropping out of the election says about the Pitfalls of American Democracy
Trump’s tumultuous election in 2016 left half of the country shell shocked. However, the election was not as abnormal as it was originally...
Paranoid Politics in the US Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
With the global pandemic of COVID-19 virtually shutting down the entire country and disrupting our way of life, the United States, and in...
The UK’s Coronavirus Failure
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has thrown the entire world for a loop, no country has been unaffected by its strength and ability to spread. The...
Echoes of 1933: Viktor Orban takes advantage of the Coronavirus crisis to declare absolute power in Hungary
The handling of the current COVID-19 global pandemic has had varying effects on nations across the globe, but in Hungary, it could spell the end...
Viktor Orban’s Pandemic Power Grab: Exploring How Populists Exploit Disasters to Edge Out Democracy
The COVID-19 pandemic is holding up a magnifying glass to the fragility of not only Hungary’s healthcare system but its already besieged...
The Wisconsin Primary Election: The Choice Between Health and Democracy
We have all heard the phrase “This is the most important election of our lifetime.” This time probably more than ever. But even more popular...
Coronavirus: The Threat of Democratic Erosion in A Global Pandemic
The current global pandemic has undoubtedly wreaked havoc on democracies throughout the world, as governments attempt to balance legislative...