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...
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...
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...
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...
by Ronen Schatsky | May 8, 2019 | University of Chicago
When Turkey’s voters upended expectations and favored the opposition in the March 31 municipal elections, the question was not how they pulled it off, but how long it would take President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to overturn the results. Just over a month later, he has...
