Certain characteristics and values have the power to make or break a democracy. The supremacy of law, for instance, is the foundation on which democracy is built; it is the…
On 1 October 2017, Catalonia held a referendum on independence from Spain. Catalonia, in the northeastern corner of Spain, has a population of seven and a half million. With Barcelona…
Iraq is on the brink of civil war. Iraqi Kurdistan’s contentious independence referendum and Baghdad’s heavy-handed response have set the stage for a military clash between the Iraqi military and…
Venezuelan elections, characterized by unequal media access, unfair use of public financing and pressure on public employees to support government-backed candidates, have long disadvantaged the opposition. However, in light of…
At an event hosted by Georgetown University’s International Relations Club, Five Minutes with an Expert sat down with Cypriot Ambassador to the United States Leonidas Pantelides to discuss his education,…
The victories of the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland in both the presidential elections of May 2015 and the parliamentary elections of October 2015 have been controversially…
For the past several months, the 2013 elections in Pakistan have been lauded as historic progress for democracy and a potential turning point for Pakistan, as they mark the first…
A month after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the future of Venezuela will once again be defined on April 14, as Venezuelans have the option to vote for…
Not Obama. Not Romney. Nor Biden, nor Ryan. Ron Paul was the only politician to talk about the need to transform American drug policy in the most recent election cycle.
The Moroccan parliamentary elections, which took place on November 25th, are the latest example that the euphoria of the Arab Spring may have been premature. While the election results and…
