by Jason Wright | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
In June 2020, a court in North Macedonia handed down sentences for two high-profile defendants: nine years in jail for flamboyant TV personality Bojan Jovanovski, commonly known as Boki 13, and seven years for former special prosecutor Katica Janeva. The...
by Grace Voll | Nov 28, 2021 | Suffolk University
Montenegro is epitomizing the cliches “be careful what you wish for” and “the lesser of two evils”. After 30 years, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) lost its majority and a coalition of parties from moderates to the far-right took over. Both sides...
by Haley Donovan | Nov 26, 2021 | Suffolk University
Back in 1982, when Honduras worked to pass their twelfth and most democratic constitution, Hondurans had hope for the potential of their democracy and government. They were optimistic about the power it had to bring their country and its people together. The...
by Charlotte Smith | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
In recent years, the Republic of Belarus has become a pertinent example of democratic backsliding in Eastern Europe. Nowhere was this clearer than during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election season and the reactions from both the incumbent government and...
by Ruth Bodeep | Sep 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
It would not be considered a surprise to many that the state of Israel, also known as the occupied territories of Palestine, displays several characteristics of a government threatened by factors of corruption. While particularly focusing on recent years and...
