Mexico’s Democracy, on the Path to Autocratization?
Mexico’s Democracy, on the Path to Autocratization? Gonzalo Meza In 2018, the left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from the...
Universities
From a Standstill to an Eroding Democracy: The Expiration of Guatemala’s Corruption Watchdog Changes the Future of the Democracy
A lifetime of anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala led to the creation of a UN backed anti-corruption agency. How will Guatemala move forward...
Autocratic Consolidation in Cameroon: Focus on the Influence of Constitutional Amendments and the Ambazonia War
The Republic of Cameroon has been ruled since 1982 by Paul Biya. These thirty nine years in power perfectly illustrate an overstayed welcome....
All Eyes on Erdoğan: Can Turkish Democracy Survive His Rise to Power?
On January 1, 2021 a new university President arrived at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. Despite decades of tradition in which the...
Gay Rights vs. the Ghanaian Government
Ghana is currently democratically backsliding. The current President, Akufo- Addo, runs Ghana with an iron fist. From the outside looking in,...
Systemic Inequality and American Democracy: Structural Racism in the United States
Race is a social construct that was created for the purpose of subjugating entire groups of people based on skin color. The social construct was...
Corruption and Crisis: How Lebanon’s Autocratic State Is Failing
Faced with the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in the country’s history, Lebanon steers towards an autocratic state that is waiting to...
What Does Taiwan’s Future Look Like After What Has Happened in Hong Kong?
Analysis of both quantitative data (V-Dem scores and survey results) and qualitative data (interviews conducted with a translator* who works in...
Latinx Voters Disadvantages in the United States
The Latinx political participation in the United States is relatively low. However, Latinx political participation is higher in their countries...