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Daenerys Targaryen, here’s some advice from political science as you pursue the Iron Throne
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So you might have heard that “Game of Thrones” returns for
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[caption id="attachment_50410" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 2015.
Peru rejected Keiko Fujimori, but most new democracies vote authoritarian parties back into office. Here’s why.
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[caption id="attachment_42106" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators rally against presidential candidate Keiko
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[caption id="attachment_22253" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to
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[caption id="attachment_36170" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Egyptians marked the fifth anniversary of