Putin will win Russia’s election, but what comes next?
Russians will grapple with another six years of Putinism.
Kazakhstan called for assistance. Why did Russia dispatch troops so quickly?
Alexander Cooley - January 9, 2022
Preserving autocracies is a primary goal for regional organizations like the CSTO.
How can the world hold Belarus accountable?
Alexander Cooley - May 25, 2021
Technology has become the ‘long arm’ of authoritarians
Negotiating peace the same old way doesn’t work. Here’s what does.
Séverine Autesserre - March 21, 2021
Over 20 years of research, these three things emerged as key to building a lasting peace
In Europe, former presidents do get sentenced to prison.
Sheri Berman - March 4, 2021
It might shock Americans, but convicting political leaders is neither a democratic disaster nor democracy's salvation.
Trump says the U.S. will pull out of the World Health Organization. China will happily fill the void.
Daniel Nexon and Alexander Cooley - April 14, 2020
Trump complains that China has “total control” over the WHO, but his action will probably increase China’s influence.
Trump is at the NRA today. It didn’t used to be a Republican ally.
Matthew Lacombe - April 25, 2019
The organization was nonpartisan before the 1970s. What happened?
There’s another way to build peace. And it doesn’t come from the top down.
Séverine Autesserre - October 23, 2018
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Putin won reelection yesterday. Now he’s a ‘lame duck.’ What will that mean?
Joshua Tucker - March 19, 2018
To nobody’s surprise, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection to
Behind the ‘boring’ German election are four deeply disturbing trends
Sheri Berman - September 25, 2017
The consensus throughout the German election campaign was that this