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How the European Union Facilitates Democratic Erosion At Home

Protecting and fostering democracy has been a cornerstone of the European Union project since its founding. Yet the recent rise of antidemocratic...

He used methods of intimidation and subverted the rule of law to attack his political enemies. He played the “strong man” to weaken institutional...

Since 2010, Hungary has had the same leader - far-right populist Viktor Orban. He rose in popularity in the late 1980s after he called on the...

“All elected leaders buy votes. Even children know that” (NPR). This is how governance in India is viewed by many of its citizens: a system that...

Unforgettable robbery! Corruption! Undeserved! Are these comments from the recent US Presidential Election? No, they are reactions to the...

The 2024 election and the rise of Trump have sparked concern on the Left over the state of democracy in the United States and the consolidation...

As the 2016 US Presidential election approached, ‘fake news’ surged across the internet, with hundreds of pro-Trump websites shared by millions...

If former President Donald Trump is a populist, he certainly isn’t a traditional one. An analysis of the former President’s speeches by...

Once considered among the most stable countries in Latin America, Ecuador has been rocked by a surge of gang-related violence in the last few...