Democracy
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit.
BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | MARCH 4, 2013
A Country Unto Itself
There’s no place like India. Which is precisely why its politics and economy are such a contradictory, beautiful mess.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 1, 2013
Pilgrims and Idiots
How celebrities should handle visits to authoritarian countries in today's world.
BY ARCH PUDDINGTON | MARCH 1, 2013
Stalin Lives
The Soviet dictator died six decades ago. But Russians have yet to say farewell.
BY MASHA LIPMAN | MARCH 1, 2013
Not All Elections Are Worthy of the Name
Sorry, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. Just because Iran holds elections doesn’t mean that its government represents the people.
BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | MARCH 1, 2013
The Brotherhood vs. the Free Press
Egypt's new rulers are determined to tighten their grip on the media scene in Cairo. I should know -- they had me fired.
BY HANI SHUKRALLAH | MARCH 1, 2013
The Kenya Puzzle
In Kenya, progress and dysfunction go hand in hand.
BY DANIEL BRANCH | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
There is no Indonesia Model for the Arab Spring
Yes, Muslim-majority Indonesia has made a successful transition to democracy. But no, that doesn’t make it an example for the Arab Spring.
BY TOM PEPINSKY | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Tribes With Flags
How the Arab Spring has exposed the myth of Arab statehood.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
The Inconvenient Diplomat
A farewell to the man who spoke out against Latin America’s leading bullies.
BY JAVIER EL-HAGE, THOR HALVORSSEN | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
It's Not About Us
Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Putin Declares War on Sleaze
Vladimir Putin is vowing to make a dent in the eternal Russian problem of corruption. Skepticism is warranted.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Venezuela's New Era
Venezuelans are contemplating the possibility of a new life without Hugo Chávez. But can the existing system continue in the absence of its creator?
BY PHIL GUNSON | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
The Curse of Stability in Central Asia
The autocrats of Central Asia like to tout the virtues of stability. But they're really making excuses for decay.
BY SARAH KENDZIOR | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
The Terrible Twos
Can Washington prevent the turbulent Arab Spring countries from going the way of the post-Soviet states?
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 15, 2013
Forget the Flowers and Candy
Images from the women's rights rallies that have been taking place around the world this week.
BY NEHA PALIWAL | FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Cracks at the Core
It's not jihadists who are threatening to destroy Mali -- it's a massive culture of government corruption.
BY TRISTAN MCCONNELL | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
The End of Ukraine's Balancing Act
Ukraine has long faced a choice: Should it cast its lot with Russia or the European Union? 2013 is shaping up to be the year Kyiv finally decides. The first in our series of Lab Reports.
BY ASKOLD KRUSHELNYCKY | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Martyrs of the Revolution
If history is any guide, today’s assassination in Tunisia could set off a dangerous revolutionary dynamic.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Rowdies with a Cause
How a bunch of soccer fans became the Muslim Brotherhood’s worst nightmare.
BY SULOME ANDERSON | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Marching Through the Monarchies
Two years after the Arab Spring awoke demons and democracy in the Middle East, I went to see whether changes had roiled the lands of royals.
BY EMMA SKY | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
France on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Think Americans hate their politicians? The moody French are disgusted -- and looking for a new de Gaulle.
BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
The Egyptian Treadmill
Why Washington isn’t panicking about Egypt’s latest crisis.
BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 31, 2013
The First Lab Results Are In
Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013
The League of Authoritarian Gentlemen
It used to be that it was mainly the liberal democracies who banded together in defense of their values. No longer.
BY ALEXANDER COOLEY | JANUARY 30, 2013
Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood
How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?
BY ERIC TRAGER | JANUARY 28, 2013
Paving the Way for Mandela's Election
Organizing the first post-apartheid election in 1994 took a lot of logistical planning and political inclusion. But it also took a lot of creativity in finding solutions to the numerous problems that arose.
BY AMY MAWSON | JANUARY 28, 2013
U.S. admits droning four Americans (but just one deliberately)
BY J. DANA STUSTER
Charts: What inequality looks like around the world
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Wait, there are riots in Sweden?
BY ELIAS GROLL
What is the U.S. really doing in Syria?
What we know so far about the brutal attack in London
BY ELIAS GROLL
The newspaper article that has shaken up Ugandan politics
BY JACKEE BATANDA
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