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Democracy Is Not Dying

Although the state of democracy around the world is indeed very troubled, it is not uniformly dire, especially outside the West.

Thomas Carothers and Richard Youngs

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Brexit Mar 27, 2020 Snapshot

Little Britain

A smaller United Kingdom, finally confined to a single island, could represent the unfortunate but logical culmination of Brexit.

Jeremy Shapiro

A pro-independence march in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2018

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2020 Snapshot

Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

Without appropriate support, the shutdown will turn into a major economic and financial crisis that will long outlast the health crisis.

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Wall Street in New York City, March 2020

Campaign 2020 Mar 24, 2020 Snapshot

How to Vote During a Pandemic

The U.S. election must go on during the coronavirus pandemic—here is how.

Lawrence Norden and Max Feldman

Coronavirus Mar 10, 2020 Snapshot

Science Can’t Save Us From Coronavirus Panic

The Trump administration's misguided attempts to control the flow of information about the COVID-19 outbreak, coupled with its efforts to roll back public health...

Amy Lauren Fairchild

Economics Mar 9, 2020 Snapshot

Argentina Stares Down Yet Another Default

How President Alberto Fernández handles Argentina’s foreign debt crisis will define his legacy.

Bruno Binetti

Pope Francis and Alberto Fernández in the Vatican, January 2020

Politics & Society Mar 5, 2020 Snapshot

Tribalism Is Killing Liberalism

Illiberal politics is underming institutions even in supposedly “consolidated” democracies.

Michael Carpenter

Outside a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, March 2020

Politics & Society Feb 5, 2020 Snapshot

Will Belarus Be the Next Ukraine?

Russia's attempts to expand its influence over Belarus risk destabilizing the country and the region.

Jeffrey Mankoff

Lukashenko and Putin in Minsk, February 2016

Security Feb 3, 2020 Snapshot

El problema de Venezuela no es el socialismo

La causa más profunda de la implosión de Venezuela no es la adhesión doctrinaria de Maduro al socialismo sino, más bien, el deslizamiento del país hacia la cleptocracia.

Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro

El líder de la oposición, Juan Guaidó, frente a la Asemblea Nacional en Caracas, Venezuela, enero del 2020

Presidential Impeachment Jan 28, 2020 Comment

The Wounded Presidency, Part One

The untold story of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon impeachment crisis.

Timothy Naftali

Politics & Society March/April 2020 Review Essay

The Wily Country

Joshua Yaffa’s “Between Two Fires” traces the lives of ambitious Russians who lived through the transition to the post-Soviet era.

Reviewed by Michael Kimmage

Politics & Society Jan 17, 2020 Snapshot

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

Assad’s victory will be a Pyrrhic one, leaving him burdened by war profiteers and subservient to external powers.

Lina Khatib

Politics & Society Jan 6, 2020 Response

Crimes and Recriminations in Catalonia

Several authors discuss the Catalan crisis.

Natividad Fernández Sola, Rafael Martínez, and José Javier Olivas Osuna

A pro-independence demonstrator outside the National Police headquarters in Barcelona, October 2019

Politics & Society Jan 1, 2020 Snapshot

New Caliph, Same Old Problems

The man upon whom ISIS’s continued resurgence now depends is Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.

Asaad Almohammad

Rubble from the fighting between ISIS and the Philippine government forces, Marawi City, the Philippines, May 2018

Politics & Society Dec 30, 2019 Snapshot

Ambivalence About Moscow Is a French Tradition

For French statesmen and thinkers, Russia has long played a crucial role in the European project.

Robert Zaretsky

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin at a joint news conference in Paris, France, December 2019

Politics & Society Dec 13, 2019 Snapshot

The Chastened Kingdom

The Saudi government, eager to repair its image, is attempting a major course correction.

Sanam Vakil

MBS at a summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 2019

Politics & Society Dec 5, 2019 Snapshot

The Collapse of German Centrism

The success of the far-right AfD continues to dominate political debates in Germany, but there is a way to suck the energy from its high-flying rhetoric.

Peter Kuras

Police and far-right protesters in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 2018

Politics & Society Dec 4, 2019 Snapshot

Iran’s Protests Are Not Just About Gas Prices

The Islamic Republic, through its long-term developmental and welfare programs, has empowered a citizenry that now resists neoliberal policies.

Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Saber Khani, and Abolfazl Sotoudeh

Politics & Society Nov 26, 2019 Snapshot

Algeria Faces the Unknown—Finally

What if an election is held and no one votes?

Robert Zaretsky

A protest rejecting the December presidential election in Algiers, November 2019

Politics & Society January/February 2020 Review Essay

When Progressives Were on the March

Are the conditions that helped produce postwar progressivism in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States absent today?

Reviewed by James E. Cronin

Latin America Oct 25, 2019 Snapshot

Argentina’s Recurring Nightmare

Years of persistent turmoil have bred distrust of the government, priming the country for crisis.

Bruno Binetti

A demonstration against Mauricio Macri's government, in Buenos Aires, September 2019

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Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

How to Vote During a Pandemic

Science Can’t Save Us From Coronavirus Panic

Argentina Stares Down Yet Another Default

Tribalism Is Killing Liberalism

Will Belarus Be the Next Ukraine?

El problema de Venezuela no es el socialismo

The Wounded Presidency, Part One

The Wily Country

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

Crimes and Recriminations in Catalonia

New Caliph, Same Old Problems

Ambivalence About Moscow Is a French Tradition

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The Collapse of German Centrism

Iran’s Protests Are Not Just About Gas Prices

Algeria Faces the Unknown—Finally

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