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Democratic Backsliding in the Visegrad Four: Examining the Illiberal Turn
The initial years of the post-communist era reflected a promising beginning of the consolidation of democracy in the Visegrad Four countries. Slovakia, the only...
American Democracy and “The Barbarism of Specialisation”
"The specialist 'knows' very well his own tiny corner of the universe; he is radically ignorant of all the rest."-Jose Ortega y' Gasset, The...
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orban’s Authoritarianism
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orbán’s Authoritarianism
In the initial days of novel coronavirus outbreak, with it localised to only a few provinces...
The Dilemma of Democracy: Why has Pakistan Failed as a Democratic State?
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor - James Russell Lowell. Although this quote is not conceivably pertinent for the...
Collective Call for Constitutional Order in Mali
In the West African region, Mali is the largest by territory. Lying in the Sahel zone, this landlocked country with an estimated 19.5 million population,...
Somalia: Postures of Interests on Electoral Deal
The presidents of Somalia’s states of Jubaland and Puntland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Adobe, and Said Abdullahi Dani, arrived in Mogadishu to...
Belarus must stop torturing protesters and prevent enforced disappearances
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on Belarus to stop torturing detainees and bring to justice police officers who have reportedly humiliated...
Egypt and the United States: A Tale of Two Authoritarians
Having an American president who has engaged in numerous instances of manipulation of power for over three and half years, which may include the...
Myanmar: Upcoming elections an opportunity to take a new inclusive democratic path
The Government of Myanmar should embrace upcoming national elections, scheduled for November, as an opportunity to take a new and fully inclusive democratic path,...
Dealing With the “Last Dictator”
The so-called “Last Dictatorship” of Europe seems to be on its deathbed as protests all over Belarus enter their third week. Alexander Lukashenko, the...