Democracy & Global Affairs
Democratic erosion, elections and geopolitics beyond Europe: autocratic drift in the United States, contested elections in Africa, Latin American power politics, gendered conservatism and the soft-power contests reshaping Asia.
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How North Korea turned Kim Il-sung from guerrilla fighter into “Eternal President”: propaganda, on-the-spot guidance and the 1998 constitution.
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Why American healthcare stays costly and unequal despite decades of reform attempts: the structural and political forces that keep the system entrenched.
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Uganda’s 2026 elections tested the line between electoral procedure and power consolidation. What the vote revealed about the country’s democratic trajectory.
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Venezuela’s crisis signals a shifting world order with all too familiar costs. External intervention, democratic transition and what follows for the region.
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American democratic erosion did not begin with one presidency. Tracing the institutional and congressional shifts that made autocratic drift possible.
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A generation of women now leads from the right. How gendered conservatism shapes the politics of leaders like Meloni and Takaichi, and what it means for policy.
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China and India both claim Buddhism’s authority as a diplomatic asset. How religious heritage became an instrument of soft power and influence across Asia.
