July 2021, Volume 32, Issue 3
How Authoritarians Inflate Their Image
Authoritarian propaganda and manipulation are leading democratic publics to see foreign autocracies as more powerful than they actually are.
Subject: Geopolitics
July 2021, Volume 32, Issue 3
How the Putin Regime Really Works
Is Russia formidable? The answer, two new books argue, lies in the highly centralized inner workings of Putin’s autocracy.
October 2020, Volume 31, Issue 4
How Authoritarians Use International Law
Through greater savvy engagement with international law, authoritarians are seeking not only to shield themselves from criticism, but to reshape global norms in their favor.
January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
Rejuvenating Democracy Promotion
It is imperative to rethink how democracy support fits into today’s turbulent and threatening international political landscape.
January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
Russia’s Ukraine Obsession
Russia has made the “Ukrainian question” central, even as Kyiv tries desperately to escape Moscow’s embrace.
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
Korea: Triumph Amid Turmoil
October 1997, Volume 8, Issue 4
The Clash Within Civilizations
A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Is Russian Democracy Doomed? Zhirinovsky’s World
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Broken Promises: Hong Kong Faces 1997
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
Kyrgyzstan: The Trials of Independence
April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
Slovakia After the Split
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: The Military Under Democracy
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Democracy & Foreign Policy
A review of Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America’s Destiny, by Joshua Muravchik and Exporting Democracy: The United States and Latin America, edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal.
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4