How Populism Let the Political Wing of a Terrorist Organization Win in Northern Ireland
In May 2022, Sinn Féin, Northern Ireland’s largest nationalist party, won the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly, marking the first time...
Universities
Doomed From the Start (a Study of National Unity in Serbia)
In 2017, Serbian democracy officially reverted to authoritarianism. This comes after the constitution written in 2006 at Serbia’s establishment...
Conflict in Romania’s Double-Executive Government Shows Potential Signs of Democratic Backsliding
Prior to the EU summit in June 2012, the Romanian prime minister, Victor Ponta, disregarded a ruling by the Romanian Constitutional Court, which...
Right Wing Populism in Spain: How the VOX Party Serves as an International Threat to Climate Change
VOX, a right-wing populism party in Spain, is renowned for its denial of global warming. Experts believe this is the reason for its...
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: Peacemaker or Authoritarian?
On November 3rd, 2022 the Tigray war in Ethiopia came to a cease fire. Both sides, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian...
Will South Korea Become the Next Victim of Democratic Erosion?
South Korea is still extremely young in its democracy compared to the rest of the developed world, becoming a democracy post Korean War around...
South Korea’s 2022 Presidential Election and the Future of South Korean Democracy
The two main candidates for March's election: Democratic former governor Lee Jae-myung on the left, Conservative former prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol...
Precursors to Democratic Erosion in Mali
Beginning with French occupation in the late 19th century, Mali...
The Far-Right Goes Mainstream: France’s National Rally in Parliament
The National Rally (RN), France’s far-right party, gained a record high of 89 seats in the lower house of Parliament in France’s June 2022...