by COLE ANTHONY KINDER | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
We like to think of Western European nations and the European Union as entities that uphold the fundamental rights of humanity and democracy. We grow up thinking that in Western Europe, the people are able to decide their government and their governments will protect...
by TREVOR JASON WOLFF | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
In December 2017, Polish president Andrzej Duda, “signed sweeping legislation…to overhaul the country’s judicial system”. This statement alone is an alarming indication of democratic erosion. Although Poland was once seen as a beacon of hope for Western integration,...
by Judson Elsholz | Mar 6, 2018 | Georgia State University
Hungary has become a threat to democracy in Europe. Under the rule of Viktor Orbán, Hungary slid from a somewhat stable democracy to what can now be considered a full-blown authoritarian regime. Utilizing a complex plan to manipulate the political institutions of the...
by Ian Fowler | Mar 1, 2018 | Georgia State University
The first democracy was born during the 6th century in Athens, Greece, now almost 1,500 years later this democracy is dying. Greece is currently struggling to maintain the traditions it helped found as well as the democratic standards held by its contemporaries. The...
by Imane Gilles | Feb 15, 2018 | Columbia University
Emmanuel Macron’s election in 2017 appeared as the defeat of Marine Le Pen’s populism. Yet, the president embodied as a candidate an innovative populism that imposes upon us to rethink the catch-all term, perhaps to ban it from our political vocabulary. Theories...
