How Economic Crises Make Incumbent Leaders Change Their Regimes from Within
Guest post by Vilde Lunnan Djuve and Carl Henrik Knutsen In March 2020, COVID-19 generated a major emergency…
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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,…
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…
Pandemics and Democracy
Lindsay Morgan interviews George Rutherford and Kim Yi Dionne Though COVID-19 failed to feature prominently in the US…
Why Do Some People Participate in Democracy, While Others Don’t?
Lindsay Morgan interviews Cesi Cruz and Christopher Ojeda Democracy depends on the participation of its citizens. But many…
Explaining Conflict Over International Environmental Cooperation
Guest post by Stephanie Rickard Protecting the environment is one of the most pressing issues countries face today.…
Is the US Headed Toward Civil War?
This interview was originally published by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. On the anniversary of…
In Washington, D.C.
By Joseph Young Any PhD student who studies Comparative Politics can tell you (after reading Adam Przeworksi’s work…
Authoritarian Tactics on US Soil
By Danielle Lupton, David T. Burbach, and Lindsay P. Cohn Over the past two weeks, Department of Homeland…
COVID-19, Food Access, and Social Upheaval
Guest post by Ida Rudolfsen According to the World Food Program’s (WFP) latest report, the COVID-19 pandemic will…