by Sofia Walsh | Aug 13, 2023 | Arizona State University
Co-authored by Sofia Walsh and David Thompson The war in Ukraine was a central theme in the March 2023 Estonian election. Like Ukraine, Estonia has a fraught history with its larger neighbor, both being former Soviet republics with shared memories of Russification and...
by Aiselyn Anaya-Hall | Jul 27, 2023 | Arizona State University
Co-Authored by Aiselyn Anaya-Hall and John Kaye Since long before the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the world, and particularly the independent states of the former Soviet Union, have been concerned about invasive and disruptive...
by Carly Chabrier | Jul 24, 2023 | Arizona State University
By Carly Chabrier and Veera Tyhtilä On 23 July 2021, the Ministry of Justice of Belarus forced 43 non-governmental organizations to close and terminate all their activities. Among the terminated organizations were the Union of Journalists of Belarus (BAŽ),...
by Bailey Warren | May 2, 2023 | University of Utah
Researchers posit that increases in certain types of political violence can encourage democratic erosion. Indeed, the analysis of one research study concludes that state-sponsored (or condoned) political violence is one of the greatest risk factors precipitating...
by Tomás Cruz Villalvazo | May 1, 2023 | University of Utah
Last February, Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) received massive criticism for recently approved electoral reforms that seek to undermine Mexico’s most renowned independent electoral commission the National Electoral Institute (INE), formerly known...
