The Recent Indictments of Trump Advisors is a Red Flag for American Democracy by Brett Jones
Roger Stone Roger Stone, a member of Trump’s inner circle and advisor who served Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign was indicted of 7...
Universities
The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Democracy Itself by EJ Broker
Robert Dahl tried fervently to engage the term polyarchy into the political lexicon. It is safe to say that, outside of political science...
A sign of Discreet Democratic Erosion in Japan by Kengo Nishiyama
In Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan(LDP) has controlled the government for over sixty years, excluding brief interruption in 1993 and...
Bolsonaro’s Problematic Admirations and their Autocratic Undertones
Brazil’s recently elected 38th president, Jair Bolsonaro, has spread his name globally through his offensive comments and provocative far-right...
Democratic Erosion in Haiti and Voter Confidence by Samuel Reeder
Voter participation in Haiti has been declining exponentially over the past few decades with the last presidential election only receiving at...
Venezuelan democracy at a point of no return: The 2018 Venezuelan presidential elections by Jarell Insang
Since the death of President Hugo Chávez in 2013, President Nicolas Maduro has presided over Venezuela as head of state with what some would...
How the Democratic Shutdown is Threatening the United States Democratic Legitimacy by Chad Krys
The most recent United States government shutdown of 35 days recently ended on January 25th. This wasn’t the first shutdown: there have been 13...
“The Insidious Underpinnings of the Longest Shutdown in American History” by Lily Bryant
It was roughly three weeks ago when the longest government shutdown in American history came to an end in a frankly shocking moment of...
The Polish threat to the integrity of the European Union by Aram Martirosyan
The rise in the number of right wing nationalist governments over the recent years has not inspired an optimistic outlook on the...