by John Nwodo | Apr 20, 2025 | University of Memphis
Israel’s Judicial Reforms: A Potential Danger to Democracy? In 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration put forward extensive judicial reforms aimed at significantly diminishing the Supreme Court’s authority. These changes...
by Pamela Arjona | Apr 5, 2025 | Boston University
On March 9th, Mahmoud Khalil was detained in his apartment in New York. President Trump claimed at the beginning of his term that he would ensure the investigation and detainment of international students who spoke out against the genocide in Gaza. It wasn’t long...
by Jadie Minhas | Oct 30, 2023 | Arizona State University
***Note from the author: My post is meant to analyze constructively the state of democratic institutions in Israel and remark on how the current conflict affects this. It is not meant to give support to any side in this conflict. Israel, a multiparty democracy, finds...
by Elijah Davis | Oct 18, 2023 | Boston University
In his book “What is Populism,” Jan-Werner Müller presents a nuanced definition of populism that emphasizes its anti-pluralist, exclusionary nature and appeal to the chosen people against a corrupt elite. The nucleus of the argument is to analyze how...
by Benjamin Mason | Oct 17, 2023 | Boston University
An analysis of democratic backsliding in Israel that have led to today This post analyzes the structures from both a societal standpoint and a structural standpoint in Israel over the last few years. This is in response to a CNN article on July 25, 2023 that pointed...
