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April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
Excerpts from: The Declaration of Free Citizens by Vietnamese bloggers; Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; a letter issued by the Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Colombo; the inaugural address of South Korean president Park Geun-hye; a speech given by Shin Dong-hyuk who fled North Korea.
April 2018, Volume 29, Issue 2
Across the West, economic, demographic, and cultural shifts have spurred the rise of populists who embrace majoritarianism and popular sovereignty while showing little commitment to constitutionalism and individual liberty.
July 2014, Volume 25, Issue 3
Excerpts from: the inaugural address of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko; “My Ideals and the Career Path I Have Chosen,” an autobiographical essay by by Ilham Tohti; a speech given by Chinese lawyer and civil-rights activist Chen Guangcheng to mark the impending twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square.
April 2015, Volume 26, Issue 2
Reports on elections in Comoros, Croatia, El Salvador, Estonia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tunisia, and Zambia.
January 2021, Volume 32, Issue 1
Iranian women’s rights activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh’s speech accepting the Morris B. Abram award; the World Uyghur Congress statement for the UN’s 75th anniversary; call by NGOs for the release of human-rights advocate Ramy Kamel in Egypt; NGO statement on the police response to Thai prodemocracy protests; statement of support for LGBTI activists in Poland; statement…
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4
Reports on elections in Indonesia, Kuwait, Malawi, and Venezuela.
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
Reports on elections in Argentina, Belarus, Benin, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Peru, Philippines, Zimbabwe.
January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1
Senegal's 2000 presidential election marked the end of forty years of one-party rule. But the reign of President Wade has been a severe disappointment, dashing hopes for democratic consolidation. *This is a corrected text of the print and original online version of this essay, portions of which drew heavily on Tarik Dahou and Vincent Foucher's…
July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3
What made the “color revolutions” of the early 2000s possible? There were 7 factors that allowed for these democratic breakthroughs. Today, Venezuela has 6 of them, and it may soon have the last one it needs.
January 2021, Volume 32, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Mainstream Parties in Crisis.”
October 2020, Volume 31, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Covid vs. Democracy.”
April 2019, Volume 30, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “30 Years After Tiananmen.”
April 2018, Volume 29, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “China in Xi’s ‘New Era.'”
October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4
The Editors’ introduction to “Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy.”
July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3
The Editors’ introduction to the first of two clusters on “The Democracy Barometers.”
April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2
This report is by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, president of the Romanian Academic Society, who heads the Coalition for a Clean Parliament.
January 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “Europe Moves Eastward.”
April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2
The Editors’ introduction to “What is Liberal Islam?”
January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1
The Editors’ introduction to “China’s Changing of the Guard.”
