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...
by Evangelina RollinsC | Mar 31, 2019 | Rollins College
The presidential election of 2016 was one that stirred the nation. The way that a businessman and television personality, Donald Trump, took over the Republican party and later the presidential election surprised not only the government but all the people. After...
