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Corruption vs. The Fight for Democratic Resilience: The Threat of Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal to EU Membership and Democratic Integrity

by Ainsley Tischler | Dec 1, 2025 | Northeastern University

On Monday, November 10th, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that several of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s long-time associates and other members of the government were allegedly involved in taking roughly 100 million dollars in kickbacks from Ukraine’s...
El Salvador: Nayib Bukele’s Stealth Authoritarian Tactics

El Salvador: Nayib Bukele’s Stealth Authoritarian Tactics

by Zoe Perri | Nov 24, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh

El Salvador has been known, historically, for its high murder rate and deep-seated gang violence. However, over the past six years the country’s gang violence has decreased by 70%. But at what cost? President Nayib Bukele has taken the country by storm,...

Peru’s Hollow Democracy: How Congress Captured the State

by Daniel Sandoval Vasquez | Oct 19, 2025 | Arizona State University, Featured

When Peru’s Congress voted unanimously on October 10, 2025, to remove President Dina Boluarte for “permanent moral incapacity,” the decision was framed as a constitutional act. In reality, it exposed the depth of Peru’s institutional decay...

Civil Society and the Fight for Democracy in Slovakia

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43437993
Democracy for Sale: How a Chinese National Briefly Became a Mayor in the Philippines

Democracy for Sale: How a Chinese National Briefly Became a Mayor in the Philippines

by Jaime Miguel Castro | Apr 30, 2025 | University of the Philippines, Diliman

  As Asia’s oldest democracy, the Philippines has had its share of national controversies over the years. In recent memory, very few of these incidents stand out as much as the case of Alice Guo, the mysterious Chinese national who lied about her identity as a...
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