by Ruby Chuang | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
Japan has long been regarded as a consolidated parliamentary democracy since the post–World War II constitutional reforms, a status reaffirmed by its classification as a “liberal democracy” in the V-Dem Democracy Report 2025 and as a “full democracy” in the Economist...
by Jacob Haerer | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
Access to public broadcasting and media freedom are essential pillars of a functioning democracy, not only as information outlets for the electorate, but also as a check on government through public scrutiny. In Italy, however, claims to protect “neutrality” and...
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...
by Jacob McWilliams | Nov 17, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
Executive aggrandizement has been a persistent issue in El Salvador for years, dating back to President Bukele’s election in 2019. With legislative approval, Bukele is on his way to eroding democracy in El Salvador entirely. Over the past two months, Bukele has...
by Cortavis Morrow | Apr 23, 2025 | University of Memphis
Executive Power: The Growing Threat to Democracy We have learned about it, and if you are a citizen of the United States of America, you have lived in it all your life. When it comes to democracy, we understand it as a type of government made for the people. The first...
