April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
What Went Wrong in Russia? The Perils of a Protracted Transition
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April 1996, Volume 7, Issue 2
Russia Between Elections: The Vanishing Center
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January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Democracy’s Future: Between Africa’s Extremes
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April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Is Russian Democracy Doomed? Explaining the Vote
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July 2015, Volume 26, Issue 3
Rwanda: Progress or Powder Keg?
Rwanda under Paul Kagame has been hailed for its visionary leadership, economic progress, and reforms in education, health, and agriculture. Yet the regime’s autocratic rule, human-rights abuses, persecution of the Hutu majority, and growing inequality point to an ominous future.
Is Germany Headed to a Political Crisis?
After losing a confidence vote and triggering snap elections, can Olaf Scholz lead mainstream parties back to power, or will more radical forces prevail?
April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2
Are New Democracies War-Prone?
A review of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4
Financing Politics: A Global View
Though it is a burning issue in many countries, the question of money and politics is seldom studied on a worldwide scale.
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
Rediscovering Culture
A review of Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, edited by Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington.
January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1
How People View Democracy: Africans’ Surprising Universalism
Although Africa is a latecomer to democratization, Africans overwhelmingly support democracy, and their conception of democracy is surprisingly liberal.
April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
Can Africa Develop?
A review of Development and Democracy in Africa, by Claude Ake.
April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
The Morass in Moscow: The Democrats in Disarray
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