by Evan Conner | Oct 7, 2022 | All, Cybersecurity, Elections, Europe, Internet Law, Trade, United Kingdom
The international financial system is by no means unified. Currencies, securities, assets, cryptos, and commodities have no centralized exchange and no single regulator. Instead, the institutions of modern international finance are knit together with derivatives:...
by Keegan James | Apr 11, 2022 | All, Elections, Europe, European Union, Italy
Per the Constitution, the Italian President must be an Italian citizen over the age of fifty elected by members of Parliament for a seven year term. The office is primarily ceremonial, but the President of Italy is important domestically. The President represents...
by Michael Friedl | Aug 9, 2021 | All, Comparative Law, Democracy, Elections, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
In the night of July 7, 2021 several assailants entered the home of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and assassinated him, apparently without meeting resistance by his guards. Within days of the shooting, several suspects were killed and others arrested, while some...
by Heather Zimmerman | Jun 16, 2021 | Africa, All, Democracy, Elections, Human Rights
The world has been watching the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its presidential election in 2018. That election and inauguration of President Felix Tshisekedi marked the country’s first peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960. Observers...
by Christina Revilla Chacon | Jun 6, 2021 | All, China, Democracy, Elections, Europe, National Security, U.S. Foreign Policy
Democracy in Crisis: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarianism was on the rise globally; democracies were in decline for the 15th consecutive year. Since then, much like all other aspects of our daily lives, the pandemic exacerbated those ailments. In fact, the...
by Danielle Barnes-Smith | May 27, 2021 | All, Elections, Europe, France, Human Rights
Emmanuel Macron was touted as a refreshing centrist after defeating Marie Le Pen in the 2017 election. But his reception by the French public has been on a downward slope since then with 60 percent of the French public currently unhappy with Macron’s leadership. As...
