by Emma Sawch | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
Since social media’s rise in the early 2000s, the world has witnessed the rise and fall of big tech’s claim to aid democracy through increased freedom of expression. This issue begs the question: is social media’s threat to democracy caused by too much freedom...
by Dylan Page | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
It has been over a year since this image was burned into the minds of Americans. Many remember the revolting pictures of flames and smoke looming over the Capitol on the evening of January 6th, 2021. Today, we think back as a nation to how we got to that point, and I...
by Baha Bilgin | Jan 5, 2022 | Koç University
On November 21, 2021, Chile conducted general elections, which included presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections. The general elections were conducted in the midst of a democratic legitimacy crisis that emerged in 2019 with large-scale mass protests about...
by Anna Kimberly | Dec 5, 2021 | Georgia State University
Norway has historically been one of the most robust and successful democracies especially since the end of World War II and Nazi occupation. The country consistently ranks high on metrics of human development including Freedom House, raking Norway 100 out of 100...
by Aziz Kabia | Dec 5, 2021 | Georgia State University
The intricate relationship between authoritarian forms of contemporary populism and its potential implications on democratic order is incredibly important, but also, almost entirely paradoxical. On the one hand, populist leaders are often exceptionally effective in...