Executive Gatekeeping: A Short Lived Honeymoon by Aliza Oppenheim
After the release of the Mueller report, many were shocked to see the number of White House officials, such as former White House counsel Don...
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Jaroslaw and the Law and Justice Party in Poland
The Law and Justice Party and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because of their rise to power in 2015, appear to have similar roots as other populist...
The Future of the European Union by Thomas Martino
Brexit On June 23rd, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Nigel Farage was the leader of the Brexit movement, and he...
The Wavering Voice and Belief of the “Future” by Kayode Babatunde
How can the most compassionate and diverse largest bloc of voters in the United States be the least participant in a country that seems to be...
The Nuclear Option: Explosive Partisan Relations by Emily Maercklein
A Brief Look into Previous Senate Bipartisanship Early leaders of the United States attempted to imbue the Senate with values of bipartisanship...
Trump and Bolsonaro: How Populist leaders in the United States and Brazil Rose to Power Despite Unpresidential Practices. By Joseph Libertin
Rise of Populism in the United States and Brazil Populist leaders tend to claim that they represent the common people, and, as Mueller explains,...
Bribery, Backsliding, and the Rule of Law in Trudeau’s Canada by Warren Casey Epstein
The Difference between Scandal and Democratic Backsliding. Trudeau’s SNC-Lavalin scandal while undermining the rule of the law is not sufficient...
Populism in the United States by Max Krause
Donald Trump has not drained the swamp, and it is debatable whether or not the DC establishment can be stripped of its power at all. All of...
MILLENNIALS AND CIVIC ACTIVISM BY MALCOLM MCDOWELL
When it comes to America’s youth or millennials and their politics, it’s easy to call many of their ideas and opinions incoherent. But one thing...