Protecting Children: Populist Logic and the American Right

by Talia Yett | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University

Across the United States, socially conservative policies that coalesce around the notion of protecting children have been increasingly proposed and established. From banning books to banning gender-affirming care for trans children, the rise of such policies and the...

How Populism Threatens Georgia’s Alignment With the West

by Carson Bauer | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves across the West. Long-time geopolitical neutrals Finland and Sweden joined NATO, and many Western countries levied sanctions to cripple the power of the Kremlin, including most countries in Europe. One notable...

“Handmaid’s Tale is not a tutorial!”: Reproductive Rights as a Mechanism for Reversing Democratic Backsliding in Poland and the United States

by Sophia Janssens | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University

Before October of 2023, Freedom House described Poland as having “the swiftest democratic decline in the [European] region.” The far-right, nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) had been in power since 2015. The years of their rule were characterized by recognized...

How Did We Get Here? A Look at How Immigration Has Accelerated Populism in the Netherlands

by Anna Thorner | Sep 17, 2024 | University of Denver

How did we get here? This is a question that many across Europe might be asking themselves when looking at the current health of their democracy. The Netherlands is no exception to this. Just a year ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from The Netherlands released a...

Voter Fraud: The True Threat to American Democracy?

by sfikas.3@osu.edu | Sep 13, 2024 | Ohio State University

Are American elections just one big rigged system? Though there have been numerous claims of voter fraud, it can be hard to know how truly concerned about it we should be. There is actually something a lot scarier hiding in the fraud accusations. Be careful the next...