Islam, Elections, and Reform in Algeria

The notion that the Muslim world as a whole does not suffer from a deficit in terms of competitive democracy is apealing, but rests on evidence and assumptions that cannot…

In hotly contested parliamentary elections, candidates supportive of President Khatami’s reforms won an overwhelming victory.

Iraq today is more of a democracy than most people think, but still less of a democracy than it could be. While its future is uncertain, one thing is not:…