University of Georgia

The World’s Largest Democracy in Decline? The Threat of Hindu Nationalism in Modi’s India

Mob violence and mass rioting engulfed New Delhi earlier this year, with images of defenseless Indian Muslims beaten in the streets; their faces...

According to The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Germany qualifies as a country with full...

While there have been highly contentious U.S. presidential elections in the past, there has never been reason to question if the presidential...

On the night of September 24th, Kashmiri lawyer and activist, Babar Qadri, was shot dead in his home by two gunmen posing as potential clients....

In its 29 years of independence, Kyrgyzstan has seen more than its fair share of political turmoil. A former colony of the Russian empire,...

Stalin. Hitler. Kim Jong-Il. These are all names that easily come to mind when one thinks of a dictatorship. People usually do not associate...

The international community has difficulty punishing leaders who undermine electoral power transitions through democratic channels. In August...

October marks the one-year anniversary of Iraq’s anti-government protests. These protests have shaken Iraq while it still recovers from the...

For the last sixty or so years, Cuba has been portrayed worldwide as an autocratic regime that regularly restricts the movement, speech, and...