In the months leading up to and following Donald Trump receiving the official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, it was...
On May 22nd 1998, a referendum determined that a majority of Northern Ireland’s population wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. The...
The increasing polarization in the American two-party system may be a step towards democratic erosion. By Adelyn Davidson The democratic system...
During the final Presidential debate of the 2016 election, then candidate Donald Trump alarmed pundits and politicians alike as he declined to...
Within the past few days, Serbia has been downgraded by democracy watchdog Freedom House from a “free” country to a “partly free” country. This...
Ivory Coast is in a clearly defined erosion of their democracy. Democratic erosion is a gradual process that transpires when elected leaders...
As Nigerians prepare to cast votes for the presidency, recent actions by sitting President Muhammadu Buhari and the history of his main electoral...
This past week, Freedom House published its annual report on the status of...
For over 35 days, the state of the United States was in limbo. From December 22nd until January 25th, the longest government shutdown was a...