Ian Bohn

Censorship of the Arts and Vladimir Putin

posted on May 7, 2019 by Ian Bohn

University of Chicago Tagged With: media censorship, Putin

Vladimir Putin used strategies that would fall under the categories of stealth authoritarianism or executive aggrandizement to muzzle the Russian media throughout the early 2000s, as established by …

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Jaroslaw and the Law and Justice Party in Poland

posted on April 28, 2019 by Ian Bohn

University of Chicago

The Law and Justice Party and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because of their rise to power in 2015, appear to have similar roots as other populist movements across Europe in the 2008 recession. However, this is …

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US Supreme Court vs. A More Extremely Anti-Democratic Regime

posted on April 22, 2019 by Ian Bohn

University of Chicago

The United States Court's are an important foundational check on laws and policies that would violate the US’s democratic norms and institutions. Many see the Court’s rulings against the Trump …

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