In recent years, populism has surged onto the global political stage, becoming a formidable political force (Guttieri, 2019). It draws its strength from its appeal to the perceived grievances of …
Dangerous Determination: Uber Eroding Democracy
This month, former Uber lobbyist Mark MacGann revealed over 124,000 documents of extensive notes and messages between world leaders and Uber executives around the world, which laid the foundation to …
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Netanyahu’s Saviour: CoViD-19?
Aspiring autocrats do not necessarily need to seek out ways to legitimise their attacks on the institutions of democracy, such as free media, checks and balances, and civil society. Sometimes, such …
Washington Saving Face and Not Its People: The Dismissal of Navy Captain Crozier and Other Cases
Navy Captain Brett Crozier addressing his crew in 2019 As of today, the world continues to be shut down as the entire international community scrambles to fight COVID-19, a fight that has become a …
Bribery, Backsliding, and the Rule of Law in Trudeau’s Canada by Warren Casey Epstein
The Difference between Scandal and Democratic Backsliding. Trudeau’s SNC-Lavalin scandal while undermining the rule of the law is not sufficient to claim that Canada is experiencing Democratic …
Complicating Democratic Rule of Law in the European Union by Jake Farris @ American University
The backsliding of democracy in Europe, especially Eastern Europe is troubling for integrative nature of the European Union (EU). The concept of a greater Europe is now being tested by countries …
Duterte’s Continuing Paranoia and the Erosion of Philippine Democracy by Patricia Villa @ University of the Philippines, Diliman
President Rodrigo Duterte’s paranoia may just be an ingredient to the brewing erosion of democracy in the Philippines and it is time that we check back on it. Since his ascension to the presidency, …