Shortcuts to Liberty

In recent years competitive authoritarianism has emerged in some countries with relatively strong democratic traditions and institutions.

During the early years of south korea's transition to democracy, expanding popular rule and deepening individual rights went hand-in-hand. But Roh Moo Hyun's presiency has exposed rifts between majority rule…

Democracy is and always will be in some kind of crisis, for it is constantly redirecting its citizens’ gaze from a more or less unsatisfactory present toward a future of…