How Twitter Changes Stealth Authoritarian’s Approach to News Media
In the grand scheme of checks and balances on authoritarian tendencies, the media ideally plays an impartial role as a guardrail against...
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How Populist Tactics Solidify the Legitimacy of North Korea’s Supreme Leader
The core of populism is in creating an image of the people and representing them to justify political power. [1] It is based on a myth as “the...
Donald Trump Uses Populist Methods for Arguments at Presidential Debate
September 29, 2020; the first presidential debate for the 2020 sent shockwaves into the nation that watched Donald Trump and Joe Biden insult...
A Recent Death, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s, Could Reshape the Court for Generations to Come
On September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice passed away from pancreatic cancer leaving America on alert. She...
Pakistan’s Military “Games” Continue During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Democracy Loses Out
The military has always played a significant role in Pakistan’s political decision-making and possess a great deal of influence on governmental...
Political Polarization in the Social (Distancing) Media Era
On March 19,2020 the first stay at home orders were announced in response to the Covid-19 virus[1] and within the next few weeks millions of...
The Colorado Party and Stealth Authoritarianism: Today’s El Stronato
The Western media has been hyper-focused on the American presidential election, and rightfully so. American media outlets have much domestic...
The Liberal Dilemma
It has long been established that the two-party system is here to stay. A historical precedent, starting with the federalist debate, set the long...
The Resurrection of Mas as a Step Towards Democratic Stability in Bolivia
Last weekend, on October 18th, Luis Arce of the Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party won the Bolivian presidential election by a comfortable...