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Senegal’s Democratic Façade: How Senegal is not the Example by Zach Witkin @ Brown University

Senegal has been widely regarded in the international community has having one of the most stable democracies in Africa. The 2012 election in...

Since Vladimir Putin’s reelection in 2012, the Russian state has undergone a transformation. Adapted under the pressure of the Post-Cold War era,...

In a week, a year will have passed since Donald Trump’s election. In this time, we have seen a flourishing of political involvement among the...

In the past fifteen years, Turkey has gone from economic ruin to burgeoning democracy held up as a model for the world to a state in the midst of...

In February 2017, a group of political scientists founded Bright Line Watch, a group focused on surveying experts and the public to assess their...

Israel is a small nation, about the size of New York City in population and the state of New Jersey in land area. It was established in 1948 as a...

It’s hard to have an optimistic conversation about US politics. Recent surveys confirm widespread negativity among the American public. Results...

Populism is thriving across the developed world. Yet populists do not always succeed in places that seem ripe for populism. Despite sharing many...

President Donald Trump’s presidency is not the start of democratic erosion in the United States – it’s the continuation of several long and often...