by Kendall Sirica | Apr 10, 2019 | Boston University
Starting his career in the Senate nearly thirty-five years ago and holding positions as the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Majority Whip, Senate Minority Leader, and now Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell is no stranger to political...
by Nicole Tolenoa | Apr 8, 2019 | Boston University
Mongolia has been depicted as moving towards an authoritarian regime within the most recent years and has been leaning further away from democratic practices. During the 2016 parliament election, the country experienced a scandal known as the “60 billion tugrik”, in...
by Felicia Gordon | Apr 7, 2019 | Boston University
Jair Bolsonaro was elected into power to serve as Brazil’s President on January 1, 2019. While the brief amount of time since his Presidency began limits Bolsonaro’s role thus far in forming new policies, it does not limit the global concern about the destruction...
by Paige Cook | Apr 4, 2019 | Saint Louis University
Tunisia was the first of all the Arab states to experience popular uprisings and political upheaval in 2011. In fact, it was the initial domino to the Arab uprisings. On December 17, 2010 a young vegetable merchant, Bouazizi was repeatedly harassed by police demanding...
by John Barrett | Apr 3, 2019 | Saint Louis University
Since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party took control of Hungary’s government in 2010, they have increasingly made strides towards limiting the prospects of democracy in the country. These moves, however, have gone relatively unchecked by their neighbors...
