by Abigail Wilson | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
Only two weeks out from Presidential Elections, Romanian voters face a tough decision in deciding on the next leader of their country. The latest opinion polls show that nearly 40% of voters are still undecided on who to vote for. After all, most voters already cast...
by Olga Filippova | Apr 8, 2025 | Tartu University
In April 2025, South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously confirmed the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, officially removing him from office after he attempted to impose martial law on December 3, 2024—the first such incident in the history of the Sixth...
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 Tornike Goglidze | Apr 1, 2025 | Tartu University
How tolerating and encouraging violence fuels democratic backsliding in Georgia During the past few months, the streets of Tbilisi—the capital of Georgia—have been constantly crowded with mass protests. The protest is still alive; to this day, it...
by higgins.623@osu.edu | Oct 30, 2024 | Ohio State University
Bulgaria saw massive protests in 2020 against Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his administration. These demonstrated the democratic backsliding that had been occurring since the mid-2010s. Jana Tsoneva outlines the anti-government movement in an article titled “What...