University of Chicago

Looking Beyond the SHIELD ACT: American Responses to Foreign Intervention Are Too Limited in Scope

Reforms proposed in the SHIELD ACT to limit foreign financial contributions in the 2020 election are insufficient to protect electoral integrity....

On June 13th 2020, the incumbent Andrzej Duda secured another 5 years in office as the president of the Republic of Poland. After a fierce battle...

The Ivory Coast under the 1998 regime of president Bédié reflects the effects of democratic erosion as described by both Bermeo and Levitsky and...

In this class we learn terminology and methodology that helps us understand mechanisms that cause the erosion of democracy in different specific...

The general consensus is that Russia is at present an illiberal democracy. What is also at present occurring is a wave of right-wing populism and...

On May 26th polls for the European Union’s ninth parliamentary elections closed all over Europe. As votes were counted and results were posted,...

Rampant “Fake” news and politically skewed information are an inevitable product of the current state of news in American society in a way much...

When Turkey’s voters upended expectations and favored the opposition in the March 31 municipal elections, the question was not how they pulled it...

Political polarization is often cited as a negative, and occasionally as a competitive positive, for a democracy. Polarization in the United...