by Kaan Basar Tezel | May 9, 2020 | Koç University
In June 2018, an important agreement was reached between Macedonia and Greece, solving the legal name dispute between the two neighbors. As a consequence of the agreement, Macedonia acknowledged altering its official name as North Macedonia, while Greece promised to...
by Jess Lockett | May 6, 2020 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
Forget the clickbait: President Donald J. Trump and the Republican party are unraveling the democratic process in the United States, just because you cannot “feel” it, does not mean it is not happening. Since...
by Adriana Moreno | May 6, 2020 | Georgia State University, Georgia State University Perimeter College
When you think about Democratic Erosion, you usually think about countries, but the threat has always been at home and polarizing at the state level. We have reached a new troubling time in our Democracy, especially in the state of Georgia, in terms of the midterm...
by Mohammad Almishlawi | May 1, 2020 | Bilkent University
For a long time, Lebanon has been synonymous for civil conflicts and sectarian clientelism; Lebanese citizens never had a high level of solidarity and sympathy across their various sects and regions. The consociational democratic system in the country has brought huge...
by Kaan Akcay | Apr 28, 2020 | Bilkent University
The coronavirus outbreak raises some interesting questions for the social scientists and the general public. Most importantly, why are some countries more successful than the others? Differentiation between the success of the countries against the outbreak creates an...