How flawed constitutions undermine democracy Victor Menaldo and Michael Albertus - February 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69689" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A replica of the Liberty Bell stands
Hungary and Slovakia challenged Europe’s refugee scheme. They just lost badly. Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, and Katerina Linos - September 8, 2017 On Wednesday morning, the European Court of Justice turned down
Across the globe, governments are cracking down on civic organizations. This is why. Kendra Dupuy, James Ron, and Aseem Prakash - July 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60633" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A boy eats out of a
Trump isn’t a huge fan of NATO. But his complaints are off target. James Goldgeier - May 24, 2017 Although there was relief in Europe when President Trump declared last
So is the wave of populist nationalism finished? Hardly. Pippa Norris - May 17, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58471" align="alignleft" width="960"] French presidential candidate for the far-right
Hungary’s government is increasingly autocratic. What is the European Parliament doing about it? Maurits Meijers and Harmen van der Veer - May 3, 2017 On April 5, the Hungarian parliament passed a law that
How Erdogan won more power but lost legitimacy in Turkey’s constitutional referendum Kadir Yildirim - April 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57004" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers
Worried about the decline in democracy? Worry about the politicians, not the voters. Matthias Matthijs and Erik Jones - April 11, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54524" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Virginians received “I voted” stickers at
Hungary’s government wants to shut down its most prominent university. That may be backfiring. Henry Farrell - April 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56659" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protest the bill that would
This is why Hungary is trying to close George Soros’s prestigious university Jan Zilinsky and Gabor Simonovits - April 7, 2017 On April 4, 2017, the Hungarian Parliament amended a law