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Media in Turkey: a testing ground of censorship and control

By Fazila Mat (PhD candidate, University of Victoria) and Sofia Verza (PhD candidate, University of Perugia) Four years after the…

How COVID-19 is eroding civil liberties and damaging society 

By Javier Dichupa, student at the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria Civil liberties are essential in…

Can COVID-19 Be Taken as An Opportunity to Improve our policies?

By Ethan Quilty, student in Computer Science and Marine Biology at the University of Victoria THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 The…

What the European Responses to COVID-19 Say About Integration

By Alina Sobolik, student at the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria Critical observers have noted the…

On Populism and Democracy

By David Matijasevich, Simon Fraser University / Capilano University Ever since populism became a grave matter of concern in the…

On the Uses of Populism and Illiberal Democracy: Fences, Border Hunters, and Identity

By Kristen Csenkey,  PhD Candidate,  Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo Photo credit: http://www.police.hu Populism can mean many things. It…

COVID -19 and the rise of populist movements

By Flamur Gruda, student at the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria Although it may be too early…

A return to the people? The case against populist politics

By Laurence Claussen, MA Political Science, University of British Columbia Populism must be considered a long-term threat to democracy. I…

The democratic limits of “ant-populism”

By  Thibault Biscahie, PhD Candidate at York University Since the 2008 global financial collapse and the subsequent deep sovereign debt crises and…