The Invisible Line: El Salvador in the Gray Zone between Democracy and Dictatorship
Stealth authoritarianism is the process in which political elites gradually erode democratic systems not through overt force but by manipulation...
Universities
The Quiet Death of Democracy: Benin
What comes to mind when you hear the word "democracy"? Most people would mention elections. Elections are important for democracy, but they alone...
Young people are becoming increasingly desensitized to war, death, and violence…why is this happening?.
Young people of today’s world have seen quite a bit. From millions dying from COVID-19, to hundreds of school shootings, and global conflicts...
The Threat of The Shadow Docket
The US Supreme Court has used the shadow docket, a process to issue emergency orders, incessantly in the last few years. Since the start of...
Syria is not “Stuck Between Systems.” Time is the system.
There's a typical method of talking about Syria that appears reasonable at first. They claim the country is “in transition.” Or it is “not there...
Democratic erosion in Ecuador
Second Blog post On March 6, 2026, Ecuador’s electoral courts ordered the suspension of the country's largest left leaning opposition party,...
Pernicious Polarization and the Failure of Resistance in El Salvador
The current state of democracy in El Salvador emphasizes how pernicious polarization destroys the possibility of effective resistance to...
How Democracy Erodes: A Comparison between the U.S. and Brazil
Both the United States under President Trump and Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro experienced a period of anti-democratic rhetoric. That led to the...
Why The Save Act Misses The Mark
The current administration's push for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act has become yet another polarizing topic between...