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 Steven Rubin | Apr 6, 2020 | Boston University
In the Middle East, no country is more democratic than the State of Israel, as evidenced by the Democracy Index of 2019 [1]. However, the strain put on Israel’s political system in the past year has...
by Martine Bjoernstad | Apr 5, 2020 | Boston University
Israel has made international headlines over the past year, following three consecutive inconclusive elections and increasing fears of prime minister Netanyahu’s autocratic tendencies. The state of democracy in Israel has been in a steady decline since Benjamin...
by Warren Epstein | Apr 18, 2019 | University of Chicago
Were the Blue and White Party generals attempting a promissory coup against an executive aggrandizing Likud Prime Minister? The rhetoric of military generals attempting to “protect” democracy and an executive aggrandizer desperate to maintain power In “On Democratic...
by Emily O'malley | Apr 15, 2019 | Rollins College
Many Democrats suspect that, given Trump’s performance thus far, his defeat in 2020 is inevitable, which is perhaps why the Democratic field is replete with challengers hoping to win the presidency. However, as Roger Cohen illustrates in his April 10 piece for the New...