Identity Survival Amongst Democratically Eroded Ethno-Religious Conflicts
When politics turns into a contest for identity survival, democratic institutions stop functioning as neutral arbitrators and instead become...
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When Will It End? Stealth Authoritarianism over Female Reproductive Rights
In May 2026, the United States Supreme Court has now finally temporarily restored access to the mailing of mifepristone after a lower court...
After Orbán: Should the EU be shifting its sights to Bulgaria?
Victor Orbán, a pain in the European Union’s side, is no longer in office. Although, the EU cannot celebrate just yet, as Rumen Radev might have...
Orbán Lost. But Did Democracy Win? Hungary’s Election and the Limits of Electoral Recovery
On April 12 2026 Viktor Orbán's sixteen-year grip on Hungary ended. This is when Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a landslide securing a two-thirds...
When Saving Democracy Looks Like Killing It: Romania’s Election Crisis and the Paradox of Militant Democracy
In December 2024, Romania's Constitutional Court did something almost without precedent in modern European history: it annulled the first round...
How the Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Impacts American Democracy
In July 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution for actions...
The Silver Lining of American Retreat: How U.S. Disengagement from NATO Could Forge a Stronger Europe
There is a peculiar irony at the heart of what is happening to NATO right now. The United States, the alliance’s founding architect and long-time...
Do It Anyway: Why America’s Checks & Balances Are Failing
One of the main campaign promises made by the Trump campaign was to bring prices down for everyday Americans. He promised (and failed to deliver)...