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Why Iranian Elections Don’t Matter Anymore

posted on January 31, 2024 by Marc Imperatori

Sabanci University Tagged With: Autocratic Consolidation, Electoral Autocracy, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamism

Elections in Iran used to be quite competitive and consequential. However, the democratic elements of the regime were successively weakened and even moderate former President Rouhani is prevented from …

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Terrorism and Democracy in Burkina Faso

posted on December 3, 2020 by Olivia Bauer

University of Georgia Tagged With: Africa, African policitcs, Burkina Faso, constitutional retrogression, electoral law, freedom of speech, Islamism, jihadist, Stealth Authoritarianism, term limits, terrorism, Voter Identification, West Africa

Rising terrorist attacks are continuing to threaten the fledgling Burkinabè democracy. After Burkina Faso overthrew its authoritarian leader Blaise Compaoré in 2014 and elected Roch Marc Christian …

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