Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Cardoso and the Struggle for Reform in Brazil

Vladimir Putin aspires to be a classic authoritarian modernizer, but in today's globalized world Russia faces challenges that bureaucratic centralization and a traditional strong hand cannot meet.

In certain circumstances, both liberalism and popular rule can obstruct rather than promote state-building.

Democracy requires robust political equality, but the persistence of social, economic and cultural inequality complicates its realization.