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July 2009, Volume 20, Issue 3

Democratization by Elections? Competitive Clientelism in the Middle East

Ellen Lust

Legislative elections in the Middle East often become contests over patronage and wind up reinforcing authoritarian regimes.

April 2016, Volume 27, Issue 2

Turkey’s Two Elections: The AKP Comes Back

Ziya Öniş

In power since 2002, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seemed as if it might be losing its hold when Turkish voters went to the polls in June 2015. Yet that “hung election” gave way to another contest in November, and the AKP came roaring back.

October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Pakistan After Musharraf: Praetorianism and Terrorism

Aqil Shah

The military is currently showing signs of wanting to back away from overt political involvement, but this should not be confused with a rejection of praetorianism or an acceptance of the principle of civilian supremacy.

Why Putin Must Be Defeated

Andrei Kozyrev

The more determined democracies are to avoid war, the greater the risk that autocracies will wage it.

July 2016, Volume 27, Issue 3

Delegative Democracy Revisited: Peru Since Fujimori

After spending the 1990s coping with an overweening president, Peru settled into a more sedate style of politics, but it is one in which parties barely exist, voters feel unhappy with their elected chief executives despite strong economic growth, and technocracy rather than democracy is the key mode of decision making.

January 1993, Volume 4, Issue 1

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kuwait, Lithuania, Peru, Romania, Slovenia, Thailand.

Burma Votes for Change: The Challenges Ahead

July 2014, Volume 25, Issue 3

The Maidan and Beyond: Who Were the Protesters?

Olga Onuch

Survey data reveal the makeup of the crowds in the Maidan and the factors that motivated them to take part in the protests.

January 2010, Volume 21, Issue 1

Twenty Years of Postcommunism: What’s the Matter with Russia?

Lilia Shevtsova

The author analyses the confluence of several elements that helped to set Russia’s course: the influence of history; the challenges of the transformation process itself; the importance of leadership; and the role of the West.

July 2009, Volume 20, Issue 3

Malaysia’s Electoral Upheaval

In March 2008, Malaysian voters dealt the long-ruling National Front coalition an enormous shock—pushing that party closer to losing power than it has ever been in Malaysia’s entire history as an independent country.

How Thai Activists Outsmarted the Generals

The regime tilted the playing field to its advantage, but it didn’t matter. Thailand’s opposition won with creativity, shrewd tactics, and a strategy that united the people.

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.

January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1