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The Growing Plight of Swedish Exceptionalism: The New Face of Far-Right Populism

As the Swedish political landscape gears up for the 2022 general elections next year, the mainstream contenders are faced with a novel, albeit formidable, opponent in the far-right Sweden Democrats More

Posted On : April 5, 2021 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Unionists vs. Separatists: Re-visiting the Regional Catalan Cleavage Amid Electoral Ramifications

On Sunday, February 14th, the highly anticipated, regional snap election in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia was held. Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the election was initially triggered by More

Posted On : February 21, 2021 Published By : Tommy Chen
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The Blueprint to Build Back Better? The Implications of Biden’s New ‘Buy American’ Order

Fulfilling a promise made on the campaign trail, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden signed an executive order on January 25th, dubbed ‘Buy American,’ mandating regulations on the procurement of American-made More

Posted On : February 7, 2021 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Navigating a Post-Merkel EU: The Challenge of Sustaining ‘Die Mutti’s’ Political Legacy

Over two years have passed since German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she would resign as the German CDU (Christian Democratic) party leader, and now Germany, the EU, and the More

Posted On : January 24, 2021 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Campaign Finance and Free Speech in the 2020 US Election: Is Reform Overdue?

In the 2016 presidential election year, an unprecedented $6.5 billion was spent on political ads in the run-up to November. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign More

Posted On : December 8, 2020 Published By : Tommy Chen
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‘The Last Dictator of Europe’: Why Deposing Lukashenko is No Easy Feat

It has been almost three months since Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was reelected in a landslide victory, marking his consolidation of the nation’s highest office for an unprecedented 26 years. More

Posted On : November 9, 2020 Published By : Tommy Chen
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EU Failures in Upholding Democracy in Poland

Poland, as part of a growing trend among Eastern European states, has experienced a striking resurgence of far-right, populist rhetoric that is often reactionary and authoritarian-minded in nature. The PiS More

Posted On : October 26, 2020 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Scholz’s EU Banking Union : A Comprehensive Solution for the Eurozone’s Economic Woes?

On November the 13th, the IMF and the EU’s 2019 growth outlook warned of protracted periods of low inflation and subdued growth in its autumn report. The report projected that More

Posted On : November 21, 2019 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Climate Strategy in Eastern Europe: Why a Consensus Green Deal is More Implausible Than Ever

On June 20th, an Eastern coalition led by Poland and Hungary, with Estonia and the Czech Republic, blocked a Brussels-led climate strategy that would have committed all EU members to More

Posted On : November 6, 2019 Published By : Tommy Chen
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Fidesz Loses Budapest: A Game-Changer for Hungarian Politics?

On October 13th, in a shocking political turnaround, the longstanding Fidesz-backed Istvan Tarlos lost the mayoral elections in Budapest, Hungary, to the leftist-liberal candidate Gergely Karacsony. With Fidesz’s defeat, Budapest More

Posted On : October 23, 2019 Published By : Tommy Chen

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