by Kofi Lee-Berman | Dec 10, 2020 | Williams College
Moldova’s presidential election has been declared for Maia Sandu, who unseated incumbent Igor Dodon in a historic victory. Against a backdrop of longstanding geopolitical tension, the election has been described as a win for pro-Western interests in Moldova. Yet...
by Julianna Rossi | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
Poland’s media problem began with President Andrzej Duda’s election in 2015. He started with blatant attempts to control the commanding heights of the media, especially public television. Duda accomplished this by directly controlling messages published on TV...
by Anthony Stenzel | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
On August 9, 2020, Belarus held its presidential election. This is the first time in many decades where the current president, Alexander Lukashenko, has been seriously challenged by an opposition candidate. This election has been criticized from around the globe, but...
by Hugo Barrillon | Oct 22, 2020 | University of Chicago
The Ukrainian people have been through a lot. According to a 2019 Pew Poll, 81% of Ukrainians see a fair judicial system as one of the most important priorities, nevertheless, promises of judicial system overhauls and anti-corruption efforts never seem to come to...
by Lauren Alvarez-Romero | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
Stalin. Hitler. Kim Jong-Il. These are all names that easily come to mind when one thinks of a dictatorship. People usually do not associate good things with these names. When someone says “Hitler,” for example, everyone in the room thinks of the Holocaust. With...
