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April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2

The Ex-Presidents

What makes elected leaders step down at the appointed hour, and what do they have to look forward to once their terms end? A look at the political afterlives of world leaders tells us that the future prospects of presidents and premiers may well affect their behavior while in office.

January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: portions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's closing statement at his fraud trial on 10 November 2010; the Casablanca Call for Democracy and Human Rights; an open letter written by two dozen former officials of the People’s Republic of China Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress; a UN resolution establishing the special rapporteur on freedom…

October 2015, Volume 26, Issue 4

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: remarks by Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari; statement by Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova; statements on abuses against lawyers and activists in China

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Algeria, Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Chad, Colombia, the Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Hungary, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Vanuatu, and Zimbabwe.

Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: a declaration by the Federation for a Democratic China; the preamble to the “guiding principles” of the Beijing Works Autonomous Federation; principles accepted by the South West People’s Association, a Namibian political party; a letter by Cardinal František Tomašek; a political program by the Czechoslovak Civic Forum; an announcement by the East German…

October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Burundi, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Slovakia, and the Solomon Islands.

October 2015, Volume 26, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Burundi, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad and Tobago.

April 2002, Volume 13, Issue 2

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Chile, Costa Rica, Gabon, The Gambia, Honduras, Madagascar, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zambia.

July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Djibouti, Jamaica, Latvia, Lesotho, Mongolia, Niger, Paraguay, Senegal, the Solomon Islands, Yemen.

January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Chile, Congo, Gabon, Honduras, Jordan, Pakistan, Poland, Swaziland, Venezuela.

October 2024, Volume 35, Issue 4

The Long Decline of South Africa’s ANC

After thirty years of ANC dominance, the 2024 elections have ushered in multiparty politics in South Africa. Will the party’s centrist shift be enough to stop its descent, or is it destined to fracture further?

October 2011, Volume 22, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Cape Verde, Macedonia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey.

April 2017, Volume 28, Issue 2

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Macedonia, Micronesia, Romania, Somalia, and Timor-Leste.

October 2016, Volume 27, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Croatia, Gabon, Mongolia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, and Zambia.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Armenia, Djibouti, Estonia, Kenya, Kiribati, Lithuania, Madagascar, Micronesia, Montenegro, Seychelles, and South Korea.

October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Indonesia, Kuwait, Malawi, and Venezuela.

April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2

Election Watch

Reports on elections in the Central African Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Grenada, Guinea, Kazakhstan, and Nigeria.

Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Albania, Benin, India, Nepal, Suriname, the USSR, and Western Samoa. 

October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Bangladesh, Chad, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Lebanon, Mongolia, Russia, São Tomé & Príncipe, Uganda.