by Shihori Maeda | May 4, 2019 | Georgetown University
Thailand has the histories of repetition of coups[1] and elections or military and “democratic” regimes, since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932. The Thai general elections took place on March 24, 2019 was the first elections conducted after the coup in 2014...
by Gwenyth Szabo | Mar 4, 2019 | American University
Authoritarians do not just cling to power, they fight for it until their very last breath. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is one of the many authoritarians currently ruling, and with elections coming up, he is working to guarantee his power for a fifth term despite...
by Zitian | Feb 27, 2019 | American University
Did Chinese Constitution Revision Make Xi A Dictator? On March 11, 2018, a CNN reporter, Matt Rivers, called the latest Chinese constitutional revision the “coronation of a brand-new dictatorship.” Chinese exiled dissidents and critics swarmed to denounce “Xi’s...
by Zitian | Feb 5, 2019 | American University
An Author’s Note: This blog post was developed partially based on an on-going research project on the 1989 Tiananmen Student Protest. Two-Third of the U.S. Population on the Move? Considering 325 million people in the U.S., would one visualize around...
by Minch | May 18, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Ukraine prides itself with three revolutions – 1991 independence from Russia, 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan. These historical junctures are inextricably linked to Ukraine’s democratic consolidation on two accounts – transition to democracy and...
