The United States is in the midst of a sea change in public opinion in how it approaches the issue of drug addiction. Proposed changes are not only increasing in popularity by the year but are also …
Rewriting the Russian Constitution: A Lesson in Stealth or Overt Authoritarianism?
In late June of 2020 the Russian government held a nation-wide plebiscite on a series of constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year by President Vladimir Putin. Among a myriad of changes …
Brexit is Britain’s Canary in the Coal Mine by Christian Santiago
A response to "How a Strange Massachusetts Election Helps Explain Britain’s Brexit Chaos” by Max Fisher (NYT) The recent events surrounding Britain’s controversial Brexit referendums has …
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Assessing Public Opinion by Rajdeep Singh
When looking at daily news, a few topics have been constantly appearing in the last two years. The most frequent of them all: the Brexit Referendum and its fallout in the British parliament. It …
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Treating the Symptoms Doesn’t Cure the Democratic Disease by EJ Broker
Democracy By Coincidence Referenda and recalls are some of the seemingly democratic solutions to the failures of the electoral system or the representatives within it. In the former, the …
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A TURKISH TRAGEDY by JONAH KAY @ UCLA
A Turkish Tragedy Recent actions taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have put the country in the spotlight due to the proliferate democratic erosion that has been unfolding. …
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A New President and Referendum in Ecuador: An Ebbing Pink Tide? Or More of the Same? by Sandra Sugata @ Columbia University
In a referendum that came on the heels of Lenin Moreno’s presidential victory, an overwhelming majority of Ecuadorian voters hammered the final nail in Rafael Correa’s proverbial political coffin. …
Spain, Stop Hiding Behind Smokescreens by Maxine Moore @ Boston University
While talk of a referendum regarding Catalonia becoming independent from Spain has been occurring for months, on October 1st, Catalonia finally voted. Madrid did everything in its power in hopes of …
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