by Laylah Gasca | Nov 20, 2023 | University of Memphis
Recep Erdogan has just won his third consecutive term as Turkey’s president, so what does this mean for Turkey’s democracy? What was once a thriving example of a steady democracy to its neighboring countries, is now facing its all-time low in terms of...
by Jake Gustin | Oct 15, 2022 | Boston University
On September 30, 2022, Burkina Faso experienced its second coup within a year, ousting the now former President Lieutenant-Colonel Pual-Henri Damiba in favor of Ibrahim Traore, one of the army captains for the nation, who has utilized military rule to establish a new...
by May Li | May 17, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Since gaining independence from British Rule, Myanmar, then known as Burma, experienced years of civil unrest between various ethnic groups. Just within 8 months after independence, the country was plunged into a civil war as each ethnic group formed their own armies,...
by Anne Jeaneth Casalme | Jun 30, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The military coup that occurred in Myanmar last February 1, 2021, sparked new tensions between the pro-democracy protesters and the state’s military regime. It was a resurrection of an Army-state which has ruled the country since 1962. It was a frustrated democracy....
by Nancy Lam | Apr 29, 2021 | Arizona State University
Civil society has met the military’s coup in February and detainment of democratic heroine Aung San Suu Kyi with both nonviolent and violent forms of protest. Will we see a revival in Myanmar’s democratic experiment and restoration of civilian rule? Or will the...