Xi Jinping’s Power Consolidation and the Return to Personalistic Rule; Shanghai Case Study
China’s single-party regime is in danger as Xi Jinping, the current president of China, seeks to return to the Mao era style of personalistic...
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Will Estonia Continue to be a Beacon of Democracy?
The Coronavirus posed a challenge to government’s world wide and response in Estonia was considered to be quick, effective and generally approved...
From Tragedy to Disinformation, from Disinformation to Misinformation, From Misinformation to Threats: How Transphobia Threatened Three Separate Women’s Safety in the Wake of the Uvalde Shooting
What does the current fixation of Republicans on Trans rights have to do with a School Shooting? In the case of the recent mass shooting in...
Correlation between Growing Evangelical Communities and Rising Populism
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Apu Gomes / AFP / Getty) In the last...
Brazilians Will Have To Choose The Lesser of Two Evils
Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images This year is an election year for...
Myanmar in Shambles with the Revival of the Death Penalty
The Myanmar military government recently rejected appeals against the death sentencing of two prominent democracy activists in an effort to...
Economic Inequality and Democratic Political Engagement
As one of the world's leading economies, the European economic model receives a lot of attention from experts, businesses, and investors....
Is a New Depolarization Process Possible in Brazil?
Brazil faces the most important elections in its history. Jair Bolsonaro is seeking re-election, while Lula da Silva is seeking to return to the...
Social Media and Polarization within the U.S.
As social media begins to continually grow within the U.S. so will the trends of increasing polarization. Everybody wants to feel like they're...