[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,…
High unemployment may become the greatest test for the new government of President Jair Bolsonaro and his Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes. Bolsonaro promised to fight corruption and…
Beginning this week, India will embark upon the largest democratic exercise in history. Nearly 900 million voters will be eligible to cast ballots. They will decide whether to reelect Prime…
On January 29th, the British Parliament voted on a series of proposed amendments to change the course of Brexit negotiations. Most were voted down, but Members of Parliament (MPs) supported…
Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) was unable to beat Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party (PT) in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election by a mere…
Just a few months short of the presidential election in Brazil, one would find few political analysts, if any, willing to go on the record with a prediction for the…
Autocrats are making a comeback. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent reelection, and the preceding repression of journalists and dissenters, is a prime example of this resurgence and sheds…
The most recent study on reported incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) in Pakistan shows an upward trend of violent crime against women – with kidnapping, rape, murder, honor killings, domestic…
