by Halle Goldsmith | Apr 20, 2026 | Suffolk University
Italy is no stranger to political upheaval. But today, many scholars and democratic organizations are asking the question: is Italy experiencing democratic backsliding? Under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s government has introduced a series of reforms and...
by Chanul Baek | Apr 20, 2026 | George Mason University, Universities
Democracies do not usually collapse in some dramatic moments. There is no single night where everything suddenly falls. Most of time, they fade slowly and almost silently until the day they are not really democracies anymore. That is what happened in Venezuela....
by Lyndsey Pettengill | Apr 19, 2026 | Suffolk University
How fast can a democratic empire fall? If you ask Donald Trump, he will likely tell you that any answer is not fast enough. While the hallmarks of American democracy have been suffering greatly in the domestic sphere, it would seem that this is...
by Nora Dunnigan | Apr 19, 2026 | Suffolk University
On July 15, 2016, tanks and members of the Turkish military took to the streets of Istanbul in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government. Soldiers invaded the headquarters of the ruling party while fighter jets bombed the capital city of Ankara. This coup...
by Nancybella Rago | Apr 19, 2026 | Suffolk University
Poland is actively making corrupt efforts to silence those who muster the courage to speak out. In late 2019, the Polish Sejm approved a new law, the muzzle law, that is aimed towards taking complete governmental control of the judiciary’s structure and inner...
