by Matthew Bergin | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has long decried the integrity of elections, now seeking to bring control of elections under the federal government, or at least comply with his standards. An October 2025 executive order, later blocked by a federal...
by Will Speight | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
In what has been a polarizing series of comments, president Donald Trump has recently gone on record expressing his strong desire to “nationalize” elections in the US. Trump has cited a list of reasons why he wants this to happen, among which are claiming that there...
by Alexa Smith | Feb 12, 2026 | Boston University, Featured
On January 31, 2026, Tunisian President Kais Saied extended the country’s state of emergency once more, now marking ten consecutive years of its being in effect. While he initially framed this as a temporary measure when he first extended it in 2021, its continual...
by Yusra Konain | Dec 12, 2025 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
When Tunisia’s citizens overthrew their dictator in 2011, the world hailed Tunisia’s emergence from this uprising as the only country to become a true democracy. For several years, Tunisia served as solid evidence that democracy was a realistic outcome of...
by Lucinda Posner | Dec 10, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
On July 31st, 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly passed a new constitutional amendment 57 to three votes to allow the current president, Nayib Bukele, to run for a third term. The amendment also takes away an old provision that citizens lose their citizenship...
