Is This The New Normal?
The President of The United States threatened genocide in the Middle East over a social media post. This is not an exaggeration nor a bizarre...
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Why Elections Alone Do Not Make the Philippines Democratic
Why Elections Alone Do Not Make the Philippines Democratic The Philippines holds elections every six years. All citizens have the right to vote,...
Birds of an Anti-Democratic Feather: What Trump’s Recent Shift in Alliances Reveals About the Frightening Future of Democracy
How fast can a democratic empire fall? If you ask Donald Trump, he will likely tell you that any answer is not fast enough. While the hallmarks...
Elections Without Democracy: The Case of Thailand
Elections Without Democracy: The Case of Thailand In 2023, the people of Thailand chose change. The Move Forward Party, which carried a...
Silencing the Bench: How Poland’s “Muzzle Law” Accelerates Democratic Erosion
Democracy depends on more than just elections: it requires strong independent institutions, specifically courts, that can check and balance...
What Does the United States Democracy Have in Store?
The United States has always had a fair democracy, but in a year our democracy has fallen. One President has made tremendous changes, but...
Turkey’s Attempted 2016 Coup is a Symptom, Not a Cause of Democratic Erosion
On July 15, 2016, tanks and members of the Turkish military took to the streets of Istanbul in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the...
Democratic Erosion in Poland’s Judicial Reform
Poland is actively making corrupt efforts to silence those who muster the courage to speak out. In late 2019, the Polish Sejm approved a new law,...
Ignoring the Referee: Court Defiance and America’s Last Guardrail
Democracies don’t usually die in a single dramatic moment. They erode quietly and gradually, through a thousand small surrenders. But...