Psychology’s Role in Trump’s Populism
What are the psychological roots of President Donald Trump’s populist success? Understanding populism through Cas Mudde’s The Populist Zeitgeist...
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No-Knock Warrants, Police Power, and Democratic Backsliding
Discussions of police violence in American cities have led to the introduction of some troubling policy changes since the initial surge of...
Are We Headed for WW3? Implications for Democracy
As of February of 2022, continually growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine have gathered global attention. Despite preemptive economic...
Democracy – The Cost of Rwanda’s Recovery?
Paul Kagame’s presidency has been plagued with accusations of election rigging, suppression of free speech, and unjustified imprisonment of...
Stealth Authoritarianism and the UK Police and Crime Bill
The UK’s new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill threatens the British public’s freedom of expression, assembly, and right to protest....
The Power of a “Small, Fringe Minority”
The past couple of years have seen some questionable encroachments on the civil liberties that ensure democracy, in an effort by governments to...
The Fall of Independent Journalism in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijanian government has continued to silence its own journalists. It has made conscious efforts recently to forcefully stop protests...
Watchdog Journalist’s Arrest Example of Free Press Collapsing in Bangladesh
In May 2021, an anti-corruption journalist for the largest newspaper in Bangladesh spent a month investigating government mishandling of the...
Bhutan: A Young and Fragile Democracy Faces Barriers to Growth
The predominately Buddhist nation of Bhutan remains the subject of international interest as an isolated ecological haven and an area of promise...