by Lindsey Powell | Mar 14, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
On March 12th, Austrian citizens and political elites gathered at Heldenplatz, the public courtyard in front of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. The date marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s “Anschluss”, or annexation, of Austria in 1938. On that date, Hitler...
by NARMEEN MUNDH | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
The issue of democratic backsliding in certain EU countries has been the topic of discussion and increasing concern worldwide. Hungary tops this list due to the rapid introduction and implementation of seemingly autocratic practices in a country where democracy...
by HELOISE RACHEL CECILE THERESE HAKIMI-LE GRAND | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On April 23rd 2017, what many French people and analysts abroad feared happened: the far-right, with 21.3% of the votes, was a round close to the presidency. But why were people so scared of Marine Le Pen, leader of the Front National (FN), coming to power? Most of...
by Judson Elsholz | Mar 6, 2018 | Georgia State University
Hungary has become a threat to democracy in Europe. Under the rule of Viktor Orbán, Hungary slid from a somewhat stable democracy to what can now be considered a full-blown authoritarian regime. Utilizing a complex plan to manipulate the political institutions of the...
by Ian Fowler | Mar 1, 2018 | Georgia State University
The first democracy was born during the 6th century in Athens, Greece, now almost 1,500 years later this democracy is dying. Greece is currently struggling to maintain the traditions it helped found as well as the democratic standards held by its contemporaries. The...
