El Salvador is Objectively Becoming Safer, But at What Cost to Democracy?
El Salvador is a country that many Americans have heard of but very few know a lot about. The nation has experienced a long history of turmoil...
Universities
Let’s Be Cautious of Jail Bolsonaro as Brazil Enters Round Two of Voting
Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro utilized populist rhetoric and disinformation to help win his 2018 election campaign. At the...
Democratic Backsliding in Mali? 
While democratic backsliding has become a question in some of the world’s...
Is It Too Late to Stop Guatemalan Corruption?
Corruption runs rampant in Guatemala - and the destruction of human rights is on its path. Recent years under Guatemala’s last two presidents,...
Georgia’s Politically Motivated Convictions
The country of Georgia, located at the border of Europe and Asia, has recently seen a major constriction of civil liberties. Once a member of the...
Instability: The New Bulgarian Status Quo
Much like the constant state of Israeli politics in recent years, Bulgarians voted on October 2nd for the fourth time in less than two years. The...
Fraud in Zambia: Can Investigating Corruption Hurt Democracy?
Zambia's democracy needs a savior, and many believe that savior just might be the newly elected President Hichilema. Since his election in 2021,...
Retrogressive Reform: Poland’s Judicial Creep Backwards
Since the fall of communism in Poland in 1989, no single party has won an outright majority of seats in parliamentary elections - until the PiS...
Purging Democracy: Voter Roll Purges and the Undermining of US Democracy
From 2014 to 2016, 16 million voters were removed from voter registration lists. Voter roll purges keep voting rolls accurate by canceling the...