by Xiara Magtibay | Dec 3, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press, and all other forms of expression are guaranteed. No censorship shall be maintained nor shall the secrecy of any means of communication be violated.” -Article 21, Chapter III, Constitution of Japan In a...
by Ian Bohn | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
Vladimir Putin used strategies that would fall under the categories of stealth authoritarianism or executive aggrandizement to muzzle the Russian media throughout the early 2000s, as established by Scott Gehlbach [1]. What is interesting is that in recent years, we...
by Conor Gleeson | Feb 5, 2019 | American University
By Conor Gleeson The Polish authoritarian-friendly government led by the Law and Justice Party has created an environment conducive to spreading institutional distrust, anti-Semetic conspiracies, and paranoia in order to support its grab for unilateral power. It has...
by Ali Galani | Apr 1, 2018 | University of Memphis
Reporters without Borders ranks Pakistan as 139 out of 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index, making it one of the freest in Asia when it comes to reporting on politics. The report goes even further to say that “The Pakistani media are regarded as among...
by MARGARET E BORSE | Mar 11, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Since Viktor Orban became Prime Minister of Hungary in 2010, democracy in Hungary has clearly been eroding. In the sense that is discussed in “Democracy’s Gatekeepers” by Levitsky and Ziblatt, Viktor Orban displays multiple characteristics are used...
