This piece is a summary of the panel on the Prospects for Democracy in Turkey held by CDACS […]
Politics
The fragile consensus among much of the international community toward pushing for national elections in Haiti this calendar year is not matched by the political reality on the ground.
A billionaire enters politics and leads his new party to electoral victory, thanks to a historically-unpopular opponent and overwhelming support from disgruntled conservatives. Once in government, though, the leader fails to deliver on many campaign promises, packs government institutions with unqualified loyalists, threatens political opponents with violence, and, when voters move to reject him, aggressively undermines democracy itself. This is not referring to Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Instead, these events occurred in the country of Georgia.
D&S Assistant Editor Ruby Karki writes about the changing landscape of rights and governance as we weather the coronavirus.
Drew Holland Kinney Tunisia’s anti-establishment president Kais Saied’s victory was a major signal that democracy is alive and […]
William Condon In the Preface of Identity, Francis Fukuyama states that he would not have written this book […]
By Daniel Brumberg Reprinted, with permission, from the Arab Center D.C. To access the original, click here. The […]
by Gabriel Hearn-Desautels In the United States, presidential announcements are replete with claims that the liberal media is […]
By Avram Reisman Recently, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced a barrage of criticism from pundits and the media for […]
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