by Matthew Thiel | Nov 24, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
Guatemala’s 2023 Presidential election sparked a democratic crisis in the country, as anti-corruption reformer Bernardo Arévalo’s rise to power and election brought political blowback from the incumbent power bloc. This threatened democratic norms and was only...
by Anna Thorner | Jun 24, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Political power, a vital yet oftentimes insidious force, corrupts even the most representative of political parties. However, democratic institutions are our greatest arsenal against this corruption, serving as weapons, safeguarding the trust of the people and...
by LANCE CARLO MENDOZA | May 24, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The Philippine partylist system in 2024, based on current composition alone, is a far cry from its incarnation in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In place of having Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, and other partylist representatives operating on sectoral interests,...
