COVID-19 has plagued the world over the past year and a half. The pandemic caused countries to impose border closures and the utilization of mass digital surveillance, moves that may have once been …
A Perspective on Poland’s Democracy
After the fall of the Soviet communist bloc throughout Eastern Europe many pro-democratic social movements sprung from the ashes …
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Mohammed bin Salman’s “Army of Flies”: Saudi Arabia’s Creative Spread of Disinformation and Attack on Political Dissidence
The "Army of Flies" and the Spread of Disinformation Millions of citizens in Saudi Arabia interact on Twitter daily, and pro-democracy advocates originally argued that social media could increase …
Organized Crime: A Driving Force of Democratic Erosion in Mexico
Although a democracy on paper, Mexico faces a substantial obstacle that drastically undermines the freeness and fairness of its elections. That obstacle is organized crime, particularly in the form of …
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Poland’s Eroding Democracy and the European Parliament
A trend that has become increasingly more noticeable over the past several years is the democratic erosion of Eastern European institutions, which is seen clearly in countries such as Belarus, …
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Redistricting: Killing Democratic Processes
Redistricting determines the extent of a party’s hold on a state’s political power for an entire decade. Sometimes, the politicians that are responsible for updating the district maps every decade …
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Democratic Erosion in the United States
The purpose of this post is to examine Democratic Erosion in the context of the United States, potential strategies to mitigate democratic erosion, and how democratic erosion led to the Capitol Hill …
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What Japarov Could Mean for the Future of Kyrgyzstan
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan was one heralded as an “island of democracy” in Central Asia. In the previous three decades, the former colony has faced a number of …
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