by Nicholas Bornstein | Apr 8, 2019 | Boston University
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s democracy has slowly but surely been dismantled. The Turkish President constantly violates the personal liberties of the nation’s citizens – surveilling those who oppose him for purely political reasons and confiscating...
by Pomerantz Rachel | Mar 18, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
In June of 2017, Ana Brnabic became the first female and first openly gay prime minister of Serbia. Coupled with the overtures by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, one might believe that the Western Balkan country is a beacon of...
by Artur Avkhadiev | Nov 3, 2017 | Brown University
Since Vladimir Putin’s reelection in 2012, the Russian state has undergone a transformation. Adapted under the pressure of the Post-Cold War era, Russia now has a full laundry list of democratic institutions – yet the Kremlin maintains an authoritarian grip on power...
