Born Here, Belonging Nowhere: The Constitutional Crisis of Executive Order 14,160
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued executive order No. 14,160 titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American...
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The Silver Lining of American Retreat: How U.S. Disengagement from NATO Could Forge a Stronger Europe
There is a peculiar irony at the heart of what is happening to NATO right now. The United States, the alliance’s founding architect and long-time...
Do It Anyway: Why America’s Checks & Balances Are Failing
One of the main campaign promises made by the Trump campaign was to bring prices down for everyday Americans. He promised (and failed to deliver)...
Protecting Democracy: Indigenous-led Social Movements in Guatemala 2023
In 2023, presidential elections were held in Guatemala, and the country chose to protect democracy. With a longstanding history of corruption...
A Nobel Laureate Suspended, A Journalist Jailed: Tunisia’s Slide into Competitive Authoritarianism
On April 24, 2026, Tunisian President Kais Saied’s government suspended the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH). This organization shared the...
On the ousting of Orbán
Viktor , standard bearer of the international populist right wing and Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, has been defeated. The election took...
Democracy in Exchange for Security; What is Left When the Concert Ends?
Hundreds of thousands of fans filled El Salvador’s national stadium to witness Shakira’s sold out five-night residency of the “Las Mujeres Ya No...
Counter-Gerrymandering and What it Means for American Democracy
Gerrymandering is a word well known to most with even a passing interest in politics, but to many who don’t pay attention, it’s a word they’ve...
Long Term Effects of the “Secret Club” Scandal
The "Secret Club” Scandal, often referred to as the "Slovenska" affair, shocked Croatian society and uncovered deep seated corruption that goes...