Larry Diamond

U.S. Foreign Policy September/October 2019 Response

How Democratic Is Hungary?

Zoltan Kovacs, Larry Diamond

Political Development July/August 2019 Comment

Democracy Demotion

The United States must go back to leading efforts to promote democracy abroad. But it must begin at home, by fixing its own broken system.

Larry Diamond

Mission accomplished: voting in the Iraqi parliamentary elections in December 2005

Campaign 2016 Nov 14, 2016 Snapshot

Democracy After Trump

When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, he will face a world with more authoritarian momentum and greater democratic instability than at any...

Larry Diamond

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House, November 2016.

U.S. Foreign Policy July/August 2016 Essay

Democracy in Decline

In the decade following the Cold War, democracy flourished as never before. In recent years, however, much of this progress has steadily eroded, as democracy itself...

Larry Diamond

A heavy hand: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in France, October 2015.

Economic Development January/February 2014 Response

Reverse the Curse

How Can Oil Help the Poor?

Karol Boudreaux, Tiernan Mennen, Larry Diamond, and Jack Mosbacher

Energy September/October 2013 Essay

Petroleum to the People

Over the next decade, a massive wave of new oil and gas discoveries will transform Africa. If the resource curse plays out as it usually does, this oil boom will only...

Larry Diamond and Jack Mosbacher

A man walks away as crude oil spills from a pipeline in Dadabili, Niger state, April 2, 2011.

Democratization May 22, 2011 Snapshot

A Fourth Wave or False Start?

This period of change in the Arab world will not be short or neatly circumscribed, but an ongoing struggle between the forces trying to define the region's future.

Larry Diamond

Politics & Society March/April 2008 Essay

The Democratic Rollback

After decades of historic gains, the world has slipped into a democratic recession. Predatory states are on the rise, threatening both nascent and established...

Larry Diamond

War & Military Strategy July/August 2006 Essay

What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable

Can anything -- international mediation, regional collaboration, decentralization, or constitutional negotiations -- save Iraq from a full-fledged civil war and the...

Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb

Security November/December 2004 Response

Was Iraq a Fool's Errand?

A Deal With the Devil...

Tony Smith and Larry Diamond

Security September/October 2004 Essay

What Went Wrong in Iraq

Although the early U.S. blunders in the occupation of Iraq are well known, their consequences are just now becoming clear. The Bush administration was never willing to...

Larry Diamond

Iraqi demonstrators protest in front of Basra provincial council building, Basra.

Political Development Winter 1985/86 Essay

Nigeria Update

Through the improbable device of a military coup, Nigeria has been delivered from dictatorship. To be sure, the form of government remains a military regime, and...

Larry Diamond

Political Development Spring 1984 Essay

Nigeria in Search of Democracy

Once again, Nigeria is governed by the military. For the second time since Independence in 1960, a democratic constitution that was not working has been overthrown in...

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

How Democratic Is Hungary?

Democracy Demotion

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Democracy in Decline

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Was Iraq a Fool's Errand?

What Went Wrong in Iraq

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Nigeria in Search of Democracy

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