Authoritarian Tactics on US Soil
By Danielle Lupton, David T. Burbach, and Lindsay P. Cohn Over the past two weeks, Department of Homeland…
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Preparing for a November Surprise
By guest contributors Maria J. Stephan and Candace Rondeaux, and PV@G editor Erica Chenoweth. Nationwide protests against police…
Trump Gambles on American Racial Tension
Guest post by Graig R. Klein, Carla Martínez Machain, and Efe Tokdemir Doubling down on a law and…
When Are Coups Fake News?
By guest contributor John Chin Despite the havoc that the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak around the world,…
America is at War (with Itself)
America is at war—with itself. Not since the 1960s has the United States seen such widespread social upheaval,…
Could A Coup d’Etat Happen in the United States in 2020?
Guest post by John Chin, Joseph Wright, and David Carter As frustration mounts over President Donald Trump’s response to…
Diversions: Fraudulent Elections
On more than one occasion, the Trump administration has made the unsubstantiated claim that illegal ballots, including those…
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Economic Consequences
By guest contributors Austin Doctor and Stephen Bagwell The weeks leading up to Cameroon’s February 2020 parliamentary and…
Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
The (Non)Democratic Effects of COVID-19. Which Regimes Will Recover?
Guest post by Roman-Gabriel Olar The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a threat to public health, but also…