On Saturday, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill forcing all foreign-funded media in Russia to register as 'foreign agents.' The move echoes a 2012 Russian law asking the same of …
Settler use of Privately-Owned Palestinian Land and Israeli Democracy by DH @ the University of Memphis
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, on Wednesday, reconfirmed Israeli Supreme Court’s decision that Israeli authorities could expropriate privately owned Palestinian land for public use for Jewish …
“Recalibrating” African Militaries: A new democratic hope for Burkina Faso after all? by Bradly Knox @ University of Memphis
From Enigma to a Stigma A column written for Foreign Policy magazine asks, ever so frankly, Why Are Africa’s Militaries So Disappointingly Bad? A variety of explanations could be drafted to explain …
Have journalists figured out how to handle Trump? by Victor Brechenmacher @ Brown University
It's become a received wisdom of sorts that the media failed to grasp Donald Trump's rise in 2016 ahead of time because "the press [took] him literally, but not seriously; his supporters [took] him …
Do Trump’s Judicial Nominees Pose a Threat to Democracy? By Jarred Barlow @Boston University
President Donald J. Trump once again lies in the pit of controversy—this time, for a handful of “not qualified” judicial nominations. If Trump continues to nominate questionable candidates over the …
How to Govern an Ideologically Fractured Party by Alexander Henshaw-Greene @ Boston University
In Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Acemoglu and Robinson defines society as two groups; a rich elite dedicated to protecting property rights and favorable to non-democratic policy …
Is Climate Change (and Trump’s Attitude) Threatening to Democracy? by Julia Banas @ Boston University
Climate change and democracy are not often thought of as topics that go together, but the two intertwine more than one would expect. The United States is currently the only country that is not in …
Fake News and Its Strain on Democracy by Sam Beermann @ Boston University
“Fake News” has been a hot topic ever since the Presidential election in 2016. One main question people have is what exactly constitutes “fake news”? The Cambridge Dictionary defines the term fake …
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