Shiqi Duan

Economic Elite Cooptation in Authoritarianization: The Case of Nazi Germany

The economic elite in a society wield a disproportionate amount of power when it comes to determining the health of the regime. One such case that is most well-known in this day and age is the Koch...

Populism Is a Problem. More Democracy Is Not the Solution.

Boston University

Trump’s brand of populism created the single most politically spectacular event in the US’s history, when the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6th, 2021 to prevent the formalization of Joe...