Election observers are a crucial mechanism for transparency in the electoral process and can play a key role in electoral reform. In the United States, election observers’ findings can be…
The recent House resolution that introduced the rules for the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump formalized the fourth U.S. Congress attempt to remove a sitting president. The House of…
In the wake of Boris Johnson’s seizure of power, Brexit has re-entered the international conversation. The United Kingdom’s future seems no clearer than it was on the day Brexit was…
Introduction The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are an assembly of militias with Kurdish forces at the core. They are currently resisting Turkey’s widely condemned military assault on northern Syria. Although…
The Leave side’s message in the United Kingdom’s referendum on European Union membership was simple: “take back control.” In more formal terms, this amounted to reasserting national sovereignty that was…
This fall will be a crucial test for democracy in Poland. The country will hold parliamentary elections on October 13. The critical question is whether the ruling populist Law and…
Venezuela continues to buckle under the autocratic rule of Nicolás Maduro. Street protests and social pressure, however, have not succeeded in dislodging the president or bringing about the democratic change…
[Image: protestor’s sign reads: Government = Joint Criminal Enterprise.] The following is the second of a two-part series. The Impetus Must Come from Below At least as worrisome and consequential…
The following is the first of a two-part series. More than half a year ago on October 7, 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter “BiH” or simply “Bosnia”) held general elections…
Elections this spring in Indonesia and the Philippines are powerful reminders of how far democracy has come in Southeast Asia, and how far it still has to go. In Indonesia,…
