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The Silver Lining of American Retreat: How U.S. Disengagement from NATO Could Forge a Stronger Europe

by Jackson Graham | Apr 29, 2026 | Suffolk University

There is a peculiar irony at the heart of what is happening to NATO right now. The United States, the alliance’s founding architect and long-time guarantor, has spent the better part of the last decade making clear that it is running out of patience with the...
Tempering Potential Post-Election Expectations in Hungary

Tempering Potential Post-Election Expectations in Hungary

by Will Speight | Apr 12, 2026 | Boston University

Hungary’s 21st century shift from liberal democracy into a “hybrid regime” – or a competitive authoritarianist state, as the phenomenon is also sometimes known – has been well-studied and quite heavily maligned by political science thinkers while it has been...
Italy Through the Lens of Democratic Erosion

Italy Through the Lens of Democratic Erosion

by Benedetta Rossi | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University

Are We Still Living in a WEIRD World? In the last decade, the world has witnessed a growing instability of democratic institutions in countries considered to be consolidated democracies–the so-called W.E.I.R.D. world (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich,...
2025 Romanian Elections: An Election Redo and a Barred Candidate

2025 Romanian Elections: An Election Redo and a Barred Candidate

by Abigail Wilson | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University

Only two weeks out from Presidential Elections, Romanian voters face a tough decision in deciding on the next leader of their country. The latest opinion polls show that nearly 40% of voters are still undecided on who to vote for. After all, most voters already cast...
Donald Trump the Nazi Reincarnate?: Godwin’s Law and How This Phenomenon is Counterproductive to Understanding Democratic Erosion

Donald Trump the Nazi Reincarnate?: Godwin’s Law and How This Phenomenon is Counterproductive to Understanding Democratic Erosion

by Kadence Jackson | Mar 7, 2025 | The University of Alabama

“The assumption was that voters would be turned off by seeing Trump for what he is — authoritarian, pitiless, hateful — and would recognize him as a kind of Hitler.” “Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has compared US President Donald Trump’s “America First”...
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