Author: Juan Masullo | Journal of Democracy

Juan Masullo is assistant professor of political science at the University of Milan and research associate at Leiden University.

Why the War on Crime Threatens Democracy

Nicholas Barnes
Henrique Gomes
Juan Masullo

Last month Rio’s police conducted the deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history, killing 117 people. It is one episode in a long history of state violence. Not only are such iron-fisted methods ineffective, they pose a danger for democracy itself.

How Drug Wars Destroy Democracy

Juan Masullo
Abbey Steele

Colombia’s drug war has ravaged the country — leaving tens of thousands dead, disappeared, or displaced and entire communities broken. Democracy is among the casualties.