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Within the field of liberal democracies, the prevalent occurrence of political corruption becomes an inescapable area of study. This rampant issue considerably influences not only government institutions and governing bodies, but furthermore the fundamental structure of the democratic society. The recent 'Party-gate' scandal in the United Kingdom provides a noteworthy…

TikTok has become an important communication outlet for European political parties seeking to bypass established media gatekeepers. The platform has 142 million monthly users in the EU and Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRPs) have successfully taken advantage of the platform’s popularity and logics to court young voters across Europe.

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Dr Malcolm Harvey reflects on his teaching journey in designing two new courses at the University of Aberdeen, including a unique global classroom course co-taught with his collaborator Professor Richardson Dilworth in the United States.

I’ve always had an interest in US Politics, and so when I was asked…

Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a May 28 run-off vote. In the first round, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took 49.5 percent of votes versus his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s 44.9 percent. While Muharrem Ince withdrew from the presidential race days ahead of the vote, Sinan Ogan, the ultranationalist candidate backed by an anti-migrant party received…

Authoritarian populism isn’t the only authoritarian project we should be worried about, as Tanzania under the late John Magufuli showed.

Dr Daniel Paget wrote a blog post for Africa Is a Country, a site of opinion, analysis, and new writing on and from the African left. He argues that in many…