The Stealth Authoritarianism of Maduro’s Reelection by Roberto Cordova
When Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, was sworn in for his second term, absences were felt. Absent were representatives from the United...
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The Necessity of Accountability: Erdogan’s failure to accept local electoral losses could doom Turkish democracy by Nicholas Bornstein
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s democracy has slowly but surely been dismantled. The Turkish President constantly violates the...
Political Polarization Within the Age of Social Media by Sophie Secor
The United States political field is filled with big names, and even bigger opinions. There are many up-and-coming passionate politicians on both...
Trump and the Mueller Report by Lily Bryant
It has been nearly two years since Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to investigate President Trump for evidence of collusion...
Democracy is Eroding in Mongolia by Nikki Tolenoa
Mongolia has been depicted as moving towards an authoritarian regime within the most recent years and has been leaning further away from...
Robot Trucks and Their Threat to a Peaceful Democracy by Eli Kramer
The robot takeover has already begun. Look around: more and more of our lives are being run by increasingly helpful machines. Our schools use...
The Current State of Brexit and the Coinciding Rise of Populism in Britain and Demise of Democracy by Adelyn Davidson
The establishment of third-party political groups in the UK helped the pass Brexit referendum by a 1.9% lead in 2016, almost three years later,...
How PR deals with polarization and populism
The elections in Sweden indicate that populism in Europe is continually rising and such trend is not good for maintaining democracy because the...
Stealth Authoritarianism and the Rise of Hungary’s Hybrid Regime by Brady Mokrzycki
Since being elected prime minister of Hungary in 2010, Viktor Orban and his regime have implemented stealth authoritarian tactics to protect and...