Author: Emilie M. Hafner-Burton | Journal of Democracy

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton is professor of global policy and strategy at the University of California, San Diego.

July 2026, Volume 37, Issue 3

Can the Liberal Order Survive America’s Retreat?

Christina Cottiero
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
Stephan Haggard
Christina J. Schneider

No other democratic power will be able to uphold a new international order. Autocrats and illiberal coalitions are already rushing into the breach, and if they go unchecked, the damage will be lasting.

January 2025, Volume 36, Issue 1

Confronting Our Common Enemy

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
Matto Mildenberger
Michael Ross
Christina J. Schneider

Regime type is important, but it is the power of the fossil-fuel industry in both autocracies and democracies that is blocking the green transition globally.