University of Georgia

Democratic Backsliding: The Spanish and Venezuelan Example

The 20th century has shown us that there are many reasons for democracies to experience backsliding. Many of the reasons for backsliding are...

While there is hope for America’s future as a democracy, there are serious democratic backsliding issues at the present moment. Increased...

The recent introduction of vaccine mandates to states and workplaces across the United States has only served to further the political...

In recent years, the Republic of Belarus has become a pertinent example of democratic backsliding in Eastern Europe. Nowhere was this clearer...

Should foreign governments intervene to "protect" and "promote" democracy? If so, when? A big idea behind promoting democracy is...

Stealth authoritarianism, as explained by Ozan Varol, is a relatively new concept in international affairs discourse (Varol 2015). Before the...

The United States is more populist than we think. Populism is on the rise, and many Americans have neglected the influence of populist leaders....

The PiS is Taking Over The PiS (Polish Law & Justice Party) was founded by Jarosław Kaczyński and his twin brother Lech Kaczyński. Not long...

DEMOCRATIC BACKGROUND Argentina today has quite the roller-coaster experience with democracy. The government of Argentina, viewed through the...