Global Affairs Review

The Center for Global Affairs, New York University

Democracy

The Influence of Strongman Aleksander Vucic

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Authors: Gigi Manukyan, November 2020

“As the COVID-19 pandemic rages through the world and governments struggle to keep up with its destructive effects, the Iron Curtain’s faulty experimentation with democracy finds itself exposed. As turmoil flames through the Balkans, old unresolved conflicts continue to emerge—and this time, unlike in the 1990s, the West is nowhere to be found. But the question remains: is the region once again headed for war?”

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Is Populism a Threat to Security?

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Author: Kaitlyn Read, 2019.

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“…it is clear that currently, populism is on the rise while the liberal world order is in retreat (“Liberal World Order” 2). In places like Hungary, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the US, populist movements are garnering significant support, leading to the election of populist leaders whose platforms espouse the dismantlement of liberal institutions and the disenfranchisement of minorities.”
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South African Democracy: Progression or Regression?

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Author: Colin O’Brien, 2019.

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“South Africa’s democracy was adopted before the country had addressed its development needs, making it an incredible feat to have sustained its core democratic principles since 1994. However, with enduring dire social and economic challenges amidst successive political instability and corruption, South Africa’s democracy appears to be on the brink of regression.”
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Can Ghana Avoid the Resource Curse? The Implications of Oil on Democracy and Economic Prosperity

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Author: Cordelia Owusu, 2018.

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“With the discovery of oil, Ghana is now presented with an important question: will its new-found oil reserves prove to be a blessing or a curse? The discovery of the oil reserves has given some the hope of economic prosperity, and others great apprehension”
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Democratic Failure in the Philippines

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Author: Dillan Jacobson, 2018.

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“In 2017, the Philippines ranked fifty-first out of one-hundred and sixty countries in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index, an index that measures the depth and strength of each country’s democratic structures and processes…”
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