How far is too far for South Korea’s presidential pardons?
On December 3, 2024, at 10:50 P.M., South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol held an emergency address to the nation. Yoon vowed he would protect...
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How tolerating and encouraging violence fuels democratic backsliding in Georgia
How tolerating and encouraging violence fuels democratic backsliding in Georgia During the past few months, the streets of...
Repression on Repeat: From Kyiv to Minsk to Tbilisi
Repression on Repeat: From Kyiv to Minsk to Tbilisi Last October, parliamentary elections were held in Georgia. Many considered them as...
The People, the Fear, and the Exhaustion Machine: How Populist Elites in Georgia and Serbia Rule by Chaos
The People, the Fear, and the Exhaustion Machine: How Populist Elites in Georgia and Serbia Rule by Chaos In recent elections, during political...
From Democratic Revolutionaries to Genocidaire Apologists: How the UAE Corrupted Sudanese Civil Society Leaders
It is an open secret that Emirati planes are touching down at remote Chadian military bases with boxes of “humanitarian aid” - aid that is...
Donald Trump the Nazi Reincarnate?: Godwin’s Law and How This Phenomenon is Counterproductive to Understanding Democratic Erosion
“The assumption was that voters would be turned off by seeing Trump for what he is — authoritarian, pitiless, hateful — and would recognize him...
The Russia-Ukraine War Bodes Poorly for Democracy, But Not in the Way You Think
The growing unpopularity for America providing foreign aid to Ukraine during its conflict with Russia signals a troubling shift towards...
The Trump Administration’s Attack on USAID
When President Trump campaigned for a second term in office, he promised to cut what he referred to as government waste, fraud and abuse. He...
Does Nayib Bukele Present a Compelling Challenge to Democratic Values?
Underlining political discussion here in the United States is a presumption that democracy is the best system by which we can organise civil...