What’s so funny about a Russian invasion? Chonlawit Sirikupt - April 6, 2022 Here’s how Kyiv is wielding humor in its information war against Moscow
People around the world are protesting the Russian invasion. Will their protests work? Erica Chenoweth - March 14, 2022 Within Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere, here’s what we know about civil resistance
The U.S. has veered toward — and away from — democracy over time Sarah Gershon, Nadia E. Brown, Larry Berman, and Bruce Murphy - January 11, 2022 Our textbook suggests teaching about the Jan. 6 insurrection with this framing.
30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, some former Soviet-controlled countries are dismantling democracy. What happened? Pauline Jones and Anna Grzymala-Busse - November 8, 2019 How did Russia, populism and ‘illiberal democracy’ creep back in?
Promises on North Korea are easy to make but hard to keep. Here’s why. Andrew Kydd - June 7, 2018 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A commemorative coin featuring President Trump
What North and South Korea can learn from German reunification James Goldgeier - April 28, 2018 South Korea’s Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
On Prohibition’s 100th anniversary, here’s a distillation of 3 myths about the temperance movement. Mark Schrad - August 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61639" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Women turn out in large numbers,
The Marshall Plan turns 70 this week. Here are four reasons it was so important. Kelly McFarland - June 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59283" align="aligncenter" width="960"] This digital composite image of Dresden,
How Hannah Arendt’s classic work on totalitarianism illuminates today’s America Jeffrey Isaac - December 17, 2016 The rise of right-wing populism in Europe and the United
European powers forced artificial borders on more places than the Middle East. Sheri Berman - May 18, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40771" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Sykes-Picot map, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.[/caption]
Why unarmed revolutions topple some dictators but not others Daniel Ritter - May 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40505" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An anti-government protester flashes a V
What is lustration and is it a good idea for Ukraine to adopt it? Vincent Post and Maria Popova - April 9, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Communist lawmakers scuffle with right-wing
Building a federal Ukraine? James Hughes and Gwendolyn Sasse - March 19, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Participants in a pro-Ukraine rally
What is motivating Putin? Joshua Tucker - March 18, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks
Mentioning Hitler makes Americans more willing to intervene in Ukraine John Sides - March 14, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] A pro-Ukrainian activist holds a
Why Eastern Ukraine is an integral part of Ukraine Ralph Clem - March 7, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Ukrainian students attend a rally
Is Zeman ze man? Joshua Tucker - November 20, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3245" align="alignleft" width="150" special=""] Czech President Milos Zeman (Reuters)[/caption]
2013 Czech Presidential Election Post-Election Report: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and a Slice of Something Blue Joshua Tucker - January 27, 2013 Continuing our series of election reports, we present the following
Will the British EU Referendum be an Inside-Out Version of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia? Joshua Tucker - January 23, 2013 Earlier today David Cameron made public what had been speculated
Similarities and Differences between Eastern Europe in 1989 and the Middle East in 2011 Erik Voeten - May 30, 2011 We are pleased to have another guest post from Marc
Syria and (the lack of) the Soviet Union Joshua Tucker - May 10, 2011 With mounting evidence of the Syrian regime's willingness to resort
What Eastern Europe teaches us about Egypt: Short Term Optimism and Medium Term Pessimism Joshua Tucker - February 1, 2011 I am pleased to welcome back frequent Monkey Cage contributor
State of the World: Will 2011 be the next 1989? Joshua Tucker - January 26, 2011 I'm guessing that by now most readers of politics related
New Data on Globalization Joshua Tucker - January 25, 2010 The Swiss Economic Institute has just released the 2010 version
Could Scotland be the Next Slovakia? Joshua Tucker - November 23, 2009 One of the fun things about writing for a blog