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April 2020, Volume 31, Issue 2

Tunisia’s Endless Transition?

• Daniel Brumberg
• Maryam Ben Salem

A domestic pact may be needed to end a dictatorship, but what happens when that pact itself becomes one of the chief obstacles to deeper democratization?

January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1

The Cutting Edge of Sharp Power

• Christopher Walker
• Shanthi Kalathil
• Jessica Ludwig

Democratic societies must address the spread of technology developed in authoritarian settings while continuing to uphold democratic norms.

January 2019, Volume 30, Issue 1

The Road to Digital Unfreedom: The Threat of Postmodern Totalitarianism

• Larry Diamond

There is a growing sense today that democrats worldwide are in a race against time to prevent cyberspace from becoming an arena for surveillance, control, and manipulation.

April 2015, Volume 26, Issue 2

The Authoritarian Resurgence: Iran’s Paradoxical Regime

• Abbas Milani

Iran’s authoritarianism is more flexible and more durable than its detractors would hope, yet more fragile and endangered than its defenders claim.

July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3

Asia’s Progress

• Satu P. Limaye

A review of Pacific Asia in Quest of Democracy by Roland Rich.

October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Mistaken Identity

• Marc F. Plattner

A review of Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy by Natan Sharansky.

April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2

Are New Democracies War-Prone?

• Michael McFaul

A review of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

October 2006, Volume 17, Issue 4

Equality or Liberty?

• Jørgen Møller

A review of Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Daren Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Soldiers and Islamists in Pakistan

• Aqil Shah

Read the full essay here. A review of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, by Hussain Haqqani.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

What’s in Store for China

• Merle Goldman

A review of China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead by Bruce Gilley.

January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1

Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital

• Robert D. Putnam

Something happened in America starting in the mid-to-late twentieth century to diminish civic engagement and social connectedness. What could that “something” be? Why were fewer and fewer Americans going the polls, the pews, and town halls?

July 2003, Volume 14, Issue 3

Measuring Democratic Commitment

• Thomas O. Melia

A review of Defending Democracy: A Global Survey of Foriegn Policy Trends 1992–2002, edited by Robert G. Herman and Theodore J. Piccone.

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Thinking Big

• Laurence Whitehead

A review of Arguing Comparative Politics by Alfred Stepan.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Revisiting Florida 2000: Promoting Democracy at Home

• Richard W. Soudriette

Read the full essay here.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Revisiting Florida 2000: Failures of Law

• R. Doug Lewis

Read the full essay here.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Revisiting Florida 2000: Reflections from Russia

• A.A. Veshnyakov

Read the full essay here.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Revisiting Florida 2000: Recommendations for Reform

• Richard G. Smolka

Read the full essay here.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

Rediscovering Culture

• Michael Novak

A review of Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, edited by Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington.

October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4

Nurturing Nationalism

• Ghia Nodia

A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.

July 1999, Volume 10, Issue 3

Resurrecting Sultanism

• Crawford Young

Review of Sultanistic Regimes, by H.E. Chehabi and Juan J. Linz, ed.