State of the Union Address – What Comes Next?
This past Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to the entire nation. For…
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The Expat Elector in 2016
Welcome to 2016 readers! It is officially an election year. Within the next twelve months, we will have a new…
Tunisian Exceptionalism? Revisiting Recent Democratic Transitions
The protest movements of the Arab Spring prompted a major reevaluation amongst policymakers and academics alike…
The Jig Is Up, Trump
I’m back! I apologize for my brief hiatus due to being extremely busy with school but I’m back now. A lot has…
A Good President Makes History, a Bad One Changes History Books
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” Does this sound…
Is Donald Trump A White Supremacist?
It’s easy to joke about Donald Trump’s bizarre statements - they’re so outlandish that it is hard to believe anyone…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP
The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
Expat Elector Weekly Roundup #5
Here is the weekly roundup of the top five most important stories of the week in the US election as well as any…
Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis and Republicans
This post is a little all over the place - it had served as a way for me to vent some frustration. The first part…
Expat Elector Weekly Roundup #4
Here is the weekly roundup of the top five most important stories of the week in the US election as well as any…