Kenzie Bins

Democracy’s Last Stand in the Middle East: Kais Saied’s Tunisia

posted on November 25, 2022 by Kenzie Bins

Boston University Tagged With: Africa, MENA, Middle East, populism, Tunisia

The 2010 revolution in Tunisia did more than just birth the Arab Spring, it birthed democracy for the first time in the country’s history. Previously under Ottoman and French rule, Tunisia became a …

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Who’s Suppressed Next? Partisan Polarization and Voter Suppression in Post-Trump America

posted on October 17, 2022 by Kenzie Bins

Boston University Tagged With: American politics, democracy, Donald Trump, elections, North America, Polarization, United States, US Elections, US Politics, Voter Suppression

One of the most notable weaknesses of American democracy is its system of voting. Claims of widespread fraud following the 2020 presidential election perpetrated by one of the candidates are just the …

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