What Putin's actions during the Russo-Ukrainian, Russo-Georgian, and Second Chechen war tell us about the threats he poses to Democracy worldwide Introduction Last month, amidst an address …
Don’t Lose Focus On France
Europe has enough democratic threats currently underway, but we cannot lose focus on efforts of democratic backsliding happening in France. With all of the action occurring in Europe, between the …
Modi’s New India: The World’s Largest Democracy Under Fire
Many would characterize India as the world’s largest democracy. Even the current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has called India “The mother of all democracies.” However, it seems as though that the …
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The Zambian Case: A Lesson in Reversing Democratic Erosion
Discussions of democratic erosion tend to focus on the negative: obstacles facing pro-democratic movements, the rise of populism, or the horrific consequences of authoritarianism on human rights. …
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Good Neighbors: The Importance of Protecting Democracy in Ukraine’s Neighbor Moldova
The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated political discussions shifting the focus of the world towards Eastern Europe as the current location of the battleground between democracy and …
Does Social Media Need More Oversight?
In a public appearance at Stanford, former president Barack Obama called for greater “regulatory oversight” of large social media giants. He argued that their power to select and provide information …
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The Evolution of Hong Kong’s Independence Movement: A Radical Transformation into Unarmed Violence
Nearly five years after the famous Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, independence fighters re-emerged in the spring of 2019 with a vengeance in order to protest a highly controversial extradition bill …
Political Upheaval in Myanmar
In the past decade, the number of successful coups was on a steady decline, with a max of two successful coups in a year between 2015 and 2020. This number was down from decades past, suggesting that …