Democracy has been specified as the fundamental reason for the long-unseen historical record of the reign of peace. Today, the world is experiencing a major threat to democracy after the third wave of …
How Democratic Backsliding Hurts Elections? The Case of Orban’s Victory in 2022 Hungary General Elections
Hungary was seen as the success story of democratization among post-communist countries. When Orbán won the majority in 2010, democratic backsliding indicators came out of the box. Therefore, one …
Is There Any Hope Left for Belarus? 2020 Election Protests in “the Last Dictatorship in Europe”
Following the 2020 presidential election results in favor of Lukashenko, Belarusians move to the streets demanding free and fair elections and democracy. However, this resulted in increasing state …
Turkey’s New “Media Disinformation Law” is a Threat to democracy
Turkey has recently enacted a new law on media disinformation, which has sparked widespread concern and criticism from human rights organizations, media freedom advocates, and international bodies …
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Hungary: From Championship of Democratization to Hybrid Regime of Electoral Autocracy
Once described as the champion of the third wave of democratization in Europe, Hungary has become a pioneer of democratic backsliding. The concept of democratic backsliding refers to the incremental …
How Corruption and Nepotism Hinder Peru’s Consolidation of Democracy
A recent attempted coup has rocked Peru. Former president Pedro Castillo dissolved congress and attempted to install a “Government of Exception” in the early hours of December 7th 2022. After this …
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A New World Order? Digital Authoritarianism
Kate Crawford in her book Atlas of AI argues that AI “grew on the battlefield where it was used to detect enemies, strange objects and maintain strategic control”. [1]The technology to which we …
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Fall of Democracy in Turkey
Recently, the rise of democratic regimes that began after the 1970s, or the Third Wave of Democratization has stopped. This wave was then replaced by a rise in autocratic regimes throughout the world. …
