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Botswana’s Misunderstood “Miracle”

• Samuel Anim

The country’s 2024 presidential contest was a big surprise, as voters elected a new party for the first time. Despite decades of dominant-party rule, a strong democratic culture has long been ingrained in Botswana.

Why Georgia’s Democracy Is Collapsing

• Giorgi Meladze
• Nadia Asaad

The ruling party is growing more repressive as it draws from Vladimir Putin’s playbook. If the opposition is to push back successfully, they must first unify.

Democracy’s Most Dangerous Assumptions

• Daniel Fried

It is tempting to believe the horrors of the past will not haunt our future. Vladimir Putin is proving that we hold such beliefs at our peril.

Why Russians Are Souring on Putin’s War

• Thomas Sherlock

Vladimir Putin wants to stir patriotic fervor for his war in Ukraine. But most Russians don’t think the war is worth the cost, and it’s putting the Kremlin in a bind.

Comparing the Arab Revolts: The Lessons of 1989

Appendix – The Fates of Third-Wave Democracies

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Journal of Democracy Web Exchange – Foa and Mounk reply–2_0

Journal of Democracy Web Exchange – Foa and Mounk reply–2_0 Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk–The End of the Consolidation Paradigm: A Response to Our Critics

The Signs of Deconsolidation

Ethiopia: The 100% Election

Paradoxes of the New Authoritarianism

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Latin America: A Surge to the Center

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Authoritarianism Goes Global: Countering Democratic Norms

The Real Lessons of the Interwar Years

Iraq’s Year of Rage

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Turkey: How the Coup Failed