Threats as a Tool of Criminal Governance
Guest post by Shauna N. Gillooly and Philip Luke Johnson In 2020, a university campus in Bogotá, Colombia…
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That’s Not Really A Thing Anymore: Why Calls for Secession Come and Go
Guest post by Kevin Gatter On the night of October 30, 1995, Canadians held their collective breath as…
Can Democracy Assistance Be Effective in the Age of Authoritarianism?
Guest post by Oren Samet and Susan Hyde Western governments today spend billions on international democracy promotion programming,…
Why Do Mass Expulsions Still Happen?
Guest post by Meghan Garrity January 30, 2023 marks 100 years since the signing of the Lausanne Convention—a…
Popular Mobilization Makes Democracy More Likely After a Coup
Guest post by Marianne Dahl and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Some have suggested that military coups are the best…
Why the Military Promised to Withdraw from Power in Sudan
Guest post by Hager Ali Little more than a year ago, the military side of the coalition charged…
The African Leader Summit Should Be About American as Well as African Political Violence
By Christian Davenport Every now and then a group of political leaders gets together in an effort to…
Democracy Is the Antidote to State Repression
Lindsay Morgan interviews Christian Davenport and Ben Appel In the latest Talking Policy episode, Christian Davenport, one of…
Pandemics and Democracy
Lindsay Morgan interviews George Rutherford and Kim Yi Dionne Though COVID-19 failed to feature prominently in the US…
The Electoral Origins of the Santomean Coup Attempt
Guest post by Jonathan Powell and Julia Oldershaw Holding competitive elections and the transition of power following elections…