Three Paradoxes of Democracy

Can we recognize the symptoms of backsliding before it’s too late? Though the signals are sometimes faint, a new study of sixteen cases around the world reveals key dynamics common…

The past decade began at a high point for freedom but ended with freedom in peril. Yet the setbacks of the last five years do not outweigh the democratic gains…

Regime change will always be a feature of political life, but we are unlikely to see again transitions to democracy on the scale of the “third wave.”