Judicial Capture and Corruption in El Salvador: How Bukele is Hollowing Out Democracy from Within
El Salvador is often portrayed as a rare success story in Latin America. Under President Nayib Bukele, the country has experienced a dramatic...
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Nationalizing Elections – Trump Seeks More Control Over Electoral Process
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has long decried the integrity of elections, now seeking to bring control of elections under...
Trump’s Call to Nationalize Elections: An Insult to Democracies Everywhere
In what has been a polarizing series of comments, president Donald Trump has recently gone on record expressing his strong desire to...
Germany’s Firewall: A Successful Lesson on Elite Gatekeeping
The recent rise of radical right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has raised serious concerns about democratic backsliding in Germany....
ICE and the Narrowing of Pluralism
The expansion of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Donald Trump’s second term reflects anti-pluralism moving from rhetoric into...
A Seemingly Controversial 15 Minutes
Every February, a football team earns the right to call itself “world champions” by winning the Super Bowl. However, one of the most exciting...
Tunisia Under Saied: The Unraveling of the Arab Spring’s Lone Success Story
On January 31, 2026, Tunisian President Kais Saied extended the country’s state of emergency once more, now marking ten consecutive years of its...
The Democratic Breakdown of Benin: Extremist Groups, Counterterrorism, and Executive Stealth Authoritarianism
Sub-Saharan Africa is largely autocratic, with only about 10% of the region considered to be democratic. Benin, one of the only five democracies,...
How President Trump is initiating Democratic backsliding to assert his dominance
Recently, the United States, under the guidance and control of President Trump’s administration, is at risk of a threat to democracy as he...