Is President Donald Trump Going To Damage American Democracy? by Marvin R. Johnson
Levitsky and Ziblatt present what appears to be a transparent strategy to protect a democracy. We the people, and actors in appointed positions...
Universities
Why Trump’s strain of populism is bad by Baxter Shirey @ Georgia State
Trump makes a bad populist leader because he has no real intention of helping the common man, and must maintain this facade in ways that test the...
How Identity and Party Loyalty made Donald Trump President by Dobromir Kehayov @ Georgia State University
The 2016 US presidential election was the most bizarre election in the history of the country by far. How could a man like Donald Trump be...
Is Europe’s Migrant Crisis a Potential Threat to Finnish Democracy? Abby Nutter @ The Ohio State University
Immigration is a hot button topic that has an resounding effect on the world. While it’s easy to focus on the immigration issues in the U.S....
The Korean Peninsula: Peaceful Unification of a Democracy and a Dictatorship? by Taylor Robinson @ Georgia State University
Sixty-five years after the beginning of the Korean War, leaders of South Korea and North Korea began meeting with the intention of declaring...
How Trump’s Incompetence is Protecting us From Democratic Erosion by Tomas Rodriguez @Georgia State University
There seems to be a paradox in American Anti-Trump rhetoric where on the one hand Trump is this power-hungry potential authoritarian who is going...
Rigged: How Donald Trump Eroded Norms of Respect in the 2016 Election by Zach Hopkins @ Georgia State University
The classic refrain we hear with regard to our democratic process is “one person, one vote,” so when that principle is violated, we should be...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Democracy dies when there are no checks and balances; to ensure the newly established United States democracy would be able to secede, the...