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Belarus: The Tale of the Stealthy Autocrat

by Lauren Alvarez-Romero | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia

     Stalin. Hitler. Kim Jong-Il. These are all names that easily come to mind when one thinks of a dictatorship. People usually do not associate good things with these names. When someone says “Hitler,” for example, everyone in the room thinks of the Holocaust. With...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Openly Whittling Away at Democracy

by Samantha Gable | Oct 14, 2020 | Brown University

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is no friend to open democracy as exemplified by his interference with the judicial branch, meddling in elections, and his latest authoritarian actions in response to Covid-19. He has not tried to conceal his efforts to...

Some Monsters are Created by Good Will: How can South Korea’s Digital Surveillance Contribute Democratic Backsliding Overseas?

by Hikmet Can Cakan | Apr 28, 2020 | Bilkent University

South Korea’s fight against the Covid-19 turns out to be worrisome! Not for being ineffective in combating the virus, but for a different story that I would like to tell. As a part of the fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic, South Korea becomes a top user of digital...

When COVID-19 Becomes a Political Ally: Abortion in Poland

by Selen Esencay | Apr 27, 2020 | Bilkent University

On April 15, the Polish Parliament enacted the “Stop Abortion” bill. Although the Sejm[1] decided to redirect the bill for further review in parliamentary committees, the government was criticized for taking advantage of the COVID-19’s restrictive measures to...

What Abortion Access During COVID-19 Tells Us About Stealth Authoritarianism

by David Winner | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University

The COVID-19 epidemic has pulled parts of America’s healthcare system to the brink of collapse. Hospitals in hard-hit areas are reaching capacity as emergency rooms fill with patients, available ICU beds dwindle, and much-needed medical equipment becomes harder to...
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