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Tag: europe

Conspiracy Theories and the Fall of the USSR

How did factors from the Soviet and post-Soviet periods combine to create conspiracies, and how do these conspiracies live on in modern Russia?

Bolsheviks, Cold War, Conspiracy, conspiracy theories, europe, Matthew Beylinson, Russia

Referendums and Initiatives Can Hurt Democracy, Unless We Rethink How We Use Them

The international plan to increase democracy has seemingly been the introduction of direct democratic items, such as referendums and initiatives, especially in cases of contentious policies or fundamental political changes. However, direct democratic components can be dangerous to democracy in all but a few cases. 

Democracy, election, europe, international, Political Theory, Referendums, Samuel Marks
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