George Mason University

Why Is Democracy Failing? South Africa’s Long-Term Rule Dilemma

After decades of dominance, South Africa’s ruling party has lost its majority and that might be exactly what the country needs. For nearly 30...

Although monarchies were once among the most dominant and widely accepted political systems in history, they are now less common yet often remain...

Hook In the early 2000s, Turkey looked like a promising case of democracy. Many people believed it could become a stable liberal democracy, even...

Forget the tanks! In the 21st century, the most dangerous weapon against democracy isn’t a gun. It’s a law. In a democracy, a "coup" is not the...

Sungeun Choi “The coolest dictator in the world.” This is how El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bokele, describes himself on social media. It might...

Do the social problems that we commonly experience in our daily lives really affect a country’s democracy, policies, and overall political...

Democracies do not usually collapse in some dramatic moments. There is no single night where everything suddenly falls. Most of time, they fade...

The Novi Sad Canopy Collapse and Vučić’s response Can authoritarianism be spread transnationally, and if so, how does it affect democratic...

For much of the early twenty-first century, Türkiye was often considered a successful example of democratic consolidation in a Muslim-majority...