by Leon Miller | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
For those concerned with U.S. democracy, it should suffice to say that this year has been off to a tumultuous start. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, exhibiting his all too familiar chaotic bravado, the sphere of public discourse has been upended into a...
by Maura Kitterick | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, marking the beginning of his second term in the Oval Office. That day, he signed a myriad of consequential executive orders, one of which is Executive Order 14171: Restoring...
by Cassandra Fitts | Feb 12, 2025 | Boston University
Former Soviet satellite states that were once poster children for democratization following the decline of European communism have been making drastic pivots towards autocracy in recent years. In 1989 following the fall of the USSR, previously Soviet-occupied Hungary,...
by Yana Gokhman | Feb 11, 2025 | Boston University
On Monday, January 25th, President Trump was sworn into office for the second time, and he has been very busy since then. His controversial candidacy and, ultimately, his presidency in 2016 pivoted the U.S. political system in ways the country has not seen before. ...
by Ayca Senturk | Feb 3, 2025 | Sabanci University
Turkey has been governed under a competitive authoritarian regime for almost a decade. The incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) has held power for the last 22 years, with the past decade showing a shift towards authoritarianism. Scholars believe that the...
