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Can Coronavirus Lead to Terrorism in a Consociational Democracy? Case of Lebanon
For a long time, Lebanon has been synonymous for civil conflicts and sectarian clientelism; Lebanese citizens never had a high level of...
Ramadan and COVID19 – troublesome times for Niger
Niger had already been grappling with insecurity and poverty, not it has been dealt severe blows stemming by the coronavirus. Primarily, Niger is...
Jamaica’s decline in democracy: Who is responsible?
Jamaica’s democracy experienced three declines between 2010 and 2019. Specifically these declines began in 2011, 2015, and 2017. Within each...
Political Corruption Sparks Civic Engagement in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a fairly new democracy, emerging as recently as the late nineties through collaboration between the Christian Reform...
American Authoritarianism and Polarization in the Trump Era
An impeachment witness is now an ex-government employee after President Trump asserted his borderline tyrannical presidential powers to remove...
Trump– Hero or Nero
In my lifetime, democracy has been heralded as the premier form of governance. The will of the individual in concert with others legislates their...
Tale of the Tape: Catalonia vs. Spain
In 1978, the death of the execrable dictator Francisco Franco left Spain at a crossroads: either embrace ethnolinguistic regionalism and form...
Was the Election Petition in Ghana a Blessing in Disguise?
For this analytical blog, an assessment of the election petition that took place during Ghana’s Presidential election in 2012 can provide a...