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Moldova’s president now has a legislative majority to push through her anti-corruption agenda Vlad Iaviță and Marius Ghincea - July 14, 2021 Voters in this week’s snap elections were more concerned about graft than geopolitics.
The E.U. is supposed to promote democracy. So why do anti-democratic politicians thrive within it? Daniel Kelemen - December 2, 2019 Party alliances, subsidies and easy emigration all help soft authoritarians stay in power
There were huge protests in Romania — but what happens next? Daniel Brett - August 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76934" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Riot police use a water cannon
Don’t count on China to rein in North Korea. Here’s why. Joseph Torigian - February 17, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54266" align="aligncenter" width="960"] North Korea leader Kim Jong Un
Things are heating up in eastern Ukraine. Here are three reasons why. Samuel Ramani - May 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41239" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of a volunteer battalion and
Five fatal flaws in realist analysis of Russia and Ukraine Alexander Motyl - March 3, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22253" align="alignnone" width="620"] Is Russian President Vladimir Putin rational
The 'failure' of the 'reset:' Obama's great mistake? Or Putin's? Erik Voeten - March 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_7420" align="aligncenter" width="559" special=""] Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei
The ‘failure’ of the ‘reset:’ Obama’s great mistake? Or Putin’s? - March 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_7420" align="aligncenter" width="559" special=""] Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei
Polly the parrot is back for forecasting the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election Andrew Gelman - July 26, 2011 Andreas Graefe writes: After her great success in 2004 and
Southern European Syndrome Joshua Tucker - May 19, 2010 As American once again debates the significance of a "House