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In celebration of the Journal of Democracy‘s 30th anniversary issue, editors and contributors will gather on January 23 for reflections and discussion on authoritarianism and the global state of democracy.
January 23, 2020
The Wall Street Journal published a short version of Perry Link and Xiao Qiang's forthcoming JoD essay "China at the Tipping Point? From 'Fart People' to Citizens."
January 7, 2013
At a Feb.7 event at the NED, JoD authors will discuss whether evidence points to a coming period of political change in China.
February 1, 2013
The Atlantic Online has featured Kurt Weyland's essay from the July JoD.
July 16, 2013
The Aug. 22 Washington Post editorial "China’s Half-Measure on the Rule of Law" cites Carl Minzner's JoD essay "China Tipping at Point: The Turn Against Legal Reform."
August 28, 2013
The Council on Foreign Relations has included Steven Heydemann's JoD essay "Syria and the Future of Authoritarianism" on its list of "Must Reads."
October 22, 2013
Iranians are once again flooding the streets in protest. How is this wave of demonstrations different?
The country has a long history of power-sharing deals that are sealed with a handshake. The truth is that this type of political bargaining typically does more harm than good.
In February, the West African country appeared to be on the cusp of chaos as its president tried to seize power for himself. How Senegal became one of 2024’s biggest democratic success stories.
Reports on elections in Croatia, Kuwait, the Maldives, Senegal, Slovakia, the Solomon Islands, and South Korea.
The brutal regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell in a week. Syrians have been preparing for this moment for years.
New works on China, Russia, political philosophy, English history, and much more graced our shelves this year. Here are the JoD staff’s favorite books of the year.
People are calling for a so-called unity government to stem the violence in Mozambique. But there is a better way to set the country on the right course.
Tarek Masoud, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy, is professor of public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the author of Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt (2014) and of The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform with Jason Brownlee and…
December 10, 2021
