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Election Results—July 2024

Reports on elections in Rwanda, Syria, and Venezuela.

Maduro Can Only Rule Through Fear and Terror

Paola Bautista de Alemán

The Venezuelan strongman lost the election and everyone knows it. He has nothing left to offer but violence and repression. It will be his undoing.

Alexei Navalny, In His Own Words

“Every opportunity must be used to speak out . . . I love Russia. My intellect tells me that it is better to live in a free and prosperous country than in a corrupt and impoverished one.”

What is the nature of Russia’s regime?

Marc Plattner tackles this question in an interview with the Levada Center's Denis Volkov.

April 6, 2015

WaPo post notes “sobering” findings in new JoD essay

In "The Year of Democratic Decay," Daniel Drezner cites "The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect" by Roberto Stefan Foa & Yascha Mounk in the July JoD.

July 20, 2016

Sheri Berman on liberalism and democracy in the WaPo’s Monkey Cage

Drawing on her thought-provoking article "The Pipe Dream of Undemocratic Liberalism" from our July issue, Berman discusses the history of illiberal democracy, the relationship between technocracy and populism, and why liberalism and democracy still need one another.

July 20, 2017

The Hill features JoD article on party systems and Bolivia

Drawing on his October-issue contribution “Latin America’s Shifting Politics: The Lessons of Bolivia,” Jean-Paul Faguet explains why the collapse of Bolivia’s party system may offer “an analytical window into the future” for Western countries.

January 15, 2019

JoD cited in Washington Post editorial

An editorial on China’s digital repression highlights the work of JoD contributor Xiao Qiang, who in our January issue warns that the integration of new digital technologies and mass information collection may soon enable Chinese authorities to preemptively crush opposition.

January 16, 2019

Cameroon’s Election Casts a Long Shadow

Christopher Fomunyoh

Cameroonians just reelected the 92-year-old Paul Biya in an election that voters rightly view with suspicion. The tensions under the surface don’t bode well for the country or its people.

Why Germans Are Rallying Against the Far Right

Michael Bröning

Hundreds of thousands of Germans are taking to the streets in protest against the country’s far-right parties. Will it shift the tide or leave Germany further divided?

Election Results—February 2024

Reports on elections in Comoros, El Salvador, Senegal, and Tuvalu.

Election Results—October 2024

Reports on elections in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Tunisia.

Election Results—January 2024

Reports on elections in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Serbia, Sint Maarten, and Taiwan.

The Cuban Embargo Does Not Exist

Carolina Barrero

The Cuban regime has created a narrative of victimhood as a smoke screen for its gross incompetence and corruption. I should know. I once believed it, too.

German Voters Trigger a Political Earthquake

Michael Bröning

The far-right AfD surged ahead in the European Union elections. It is now one of Germany’s dominant parties, and not just part of the fringe.

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The Elections That Mattered Most in 2024

The “year of elections” is entering its final stretch, and the contests of 2024 have run the gamut. We saw landslides, charades, and — in democratic and authoritarian settings alike — a fair number of surprises. What were the most significant elections of the year so far?

People Say Democracy Isn’t Working

Joel Day

So, why don’t they want to fix it?

Election Results—May and June 2024

Reports on elections in Chad, the Dominican Republic, Iceland, India, Iran, Lithuania, Mexico, North Macedonia, Panama, South Africa, and Togo.