by Brianna Kuriakose | Feb 14, 2020 | Boston University
Partisanship and polarization is killing democracy in the United States. Excessive polarization results in partisanship encroaching in institutions that are designed to maintain the system of checks and balances [1]. As a result of this partisanship, we see the...
by Avi Nguyen | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
For centuries this country has operated on a system of checks and balances, ensuring that the only way democracy endures is through an understanding of each branch’s role and limitation. With the overruling of Roger Stone’s sentence, this delicate order may soon come...
by Michael Dedona | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
On the night of February 3, 2020, Democratic voters across the United States looked to Iowa to set the stage for the 2020 Democratic primaries. Iowa has the unique position of being first in the entire primary process, though it does not hold a standard primary...
by Antonietta Paolino | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
Colombia has been infamously plagued with terrorism and narco-warfare by consequence of different socialistic guerillas in the country; and these guerillas have been strengthened through autocratic regimes taking office through fair elections and turning the...
by Martine Bjoernstad | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
Since Vladimir Putin was re-elected as President of Russia in 2018 questions have arisen as to what role he will play in the Russian government once his presidential term ends in 2024. In his State of the Nation address last month, President Putin seems to have...
