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 Arianna Tanganelli | May 24, 2021 | University of Surrey
The pandemic has led governments around the world to consider emergency measures to contain the virus, safeguard human health and protect the country’s economic and industrial system for the future of societies. In the case of Italy, this emergency status is...
by Devin Molina | May 8, 2021 | Ursinus College
The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 and is made up of the six colonies that were created on the continent. The commonwealth is considered a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the current head of state. However, the commonwealth also...
by Devin Molina | May 8, 2021 | Ursinus College
Over the past few decades, Slovenia has shifted dramatically from a socialist state within the Soviet Union. Governments with a history of socialism have been more likely to experience democratic backsliding. Democratic backsliding is defined as state-led debilitation...
by Jehred Reyes | May 7, 2021 | George Washington University
COVID-19 is not the only killer lurking about the shifting battlefield of a post-Saddam Iraq. Former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed that the war against the Islamic State was over in 2017, but perhaps, like former President George W. Bush in 2003, he...
