by Anna Thorner | Mar 7, 2024 | William Jewell College
The story of Venezuela’s descent into autocracy is not one tale; it is two stories linked together by little more than a transfer of power and an overreliance upon the volatile oil industry to promote the growth of a nation. Hugo Chavez took charge of a democracy that...
by Andrea Doumit | Nov 28, 2021 | Suffolk University
Faced with the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in the country’s history, Lebanon steers towards an autocratic state that is waiting to collapse. President Michel Aoun, who was elected in 2016 during a period of democracy in the country, has consolidated power...
by Adrian Carrasquillo | May 3, 2021 | Georgia State University
In times of crisis, governments have a responsibility of maintaining their power, the stability of their institutions, and protecting their citizens from deteriorating conditions of their livelihood. Governments also have a choice on whether they will fulfill these...
by Connor Weathers | Nov 23, 2020 | Suffolk University
The stability of Argentinian democracy is under threat. Multiple precursors to democratic erosion are present, including ongoing threats to both vertical and horizontal accountability exemplified by widespread vertical corruption, and efforts to weaken if not reduce...
by Armin Amina | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
On October 13, 1990, major factions all around Lebanon who have been trying to seize control of the country since 1975, signed a historic peace deal between each other. Throughout Lebanon’s history in the late 20th century. Lebanon has gone under a long period of a...
