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...
by Tom Huynh | Nov 20, 2023 | University of Memphis
The Democratic Erosion Project exist to help shed light on how democracy falls apart and ways to preserve it as the rise of authoritarian states spread across the democratic world. However in the context of the United States, stealth authoritarianism is an American...
by Natalie Canter | Oct 16, 2023 | Boston University
There is great fear that Guatemala’s democracy is weakening beyond the point of return. Amid election fraud, Guatemala has turned into a country of chaos. The protests are threatening lives; as road blockades are preventing food and water from being transported. The...
by Hatice Betul Cim | Jan 6, 2023 | Sabanci University
Following the 2020 presidential election results in favor of Lukashenko, Belarusians move to the streets demanding free and fair elections and democracy. However, this resulted in increasing state repression, police violence, and deeper authoritarianism. Belarus...
