Read More The Anatomy of Backsliding: Why is Democracy Consuming Itself?March 3, 2021 Guest post by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman Well before 2016, the United States was becoming increasingly… Read More 5 0 0
Read More An Insurrection and a New President Make the US Vulnerable to Foreign Policy CrisesFebruary 17, 2021 By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Brett V. Benson On January 6, dissidents violently stormed the US… Read More 1 0 0
Read More Will Civil War in Ethiopia Spread?November 24, 2020 Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann Do civil wars spread—and where? Political scientists have demonstrated sizable evidence of contagion… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Will the US Help Spread Authoritarianism?October 22, 2020 Guest post by Filippo Costa Buranelli Is the world experiencing an authoritarian backlash? Is democracy receding while authoritarians… Read More 2 0 0
Read More The Costs of a “New Cold War” Are Higher than You ThinkOctober 5, 2020 Guest post by Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth Great power rivalry is back, and so, unfortunately,… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Political Influence Through Social Media is Growing, But SlowlySeptember 23, 2020 Guest post by Jacob N. Shapiro, Diego Martin, and Julia Ilhardt Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified… Read More 2 0 0
Read More News of A KidnappingSeptember 2, 2020 Guest post by Danielle Gilbert In late January, an American named Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in Afghanistan. Like… Read More 0 0 0
Read More The Two Faces of Kurdistan: Nationalism Vs CommunalismAugust 20, 2020 By guest contributor Sam Biasi and permanent contributor Peter Krause In September 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)… Read More 15 0 0
Read More The Political Backlash of Repressive PolicingJune 10, 2020 Guest post by Travis Curtice In the United States, thousands of protestors continue to take to the streets… Read More 4 0 0
Read More Could A Coup d’Etat Happen in the United States in 2020?June 2, 2020 Guest post by John Chin, Joseph Wright, and David Carter As frustration mounts over President Donald Trump’s response to… Read More 311 0 0