The Morass in Moscow: The Democrats in Disarray

This essay chronicles Vladimir Putin’s successful efforts to transform Russia from the flawed democracy of the 1990s to the fully fledged authoritarian regime it is today, with falsified elections; censorship…

The “color revolutions” in the postcommunist countries cannot be attributed to diffusion alone. Structural factors offer a better explanation of why such revolutions have succeeded in some countries and not…

Despite huge changes, the events of the last ten years raise doubts about the notion of “democratic transition” itself.