Benin continues to slide toward autocracy Tyson Roberts - May 6, 2021 The government effectively banned opposition candidates, assuring an election win for President Patrice Talon last month.
There’s a reason the NRA is a key ‘surrogate’ for the Republican Party Henry Farrell - August 7, 2020 The NRA stokes outrage that gives cover to unpopular economic policies
The Belarus government is largely ignoring the pandemic. Here’s why. Tatsiana Kulakevich - April 21, 2020 With elections coming, this could be a risky move
Trump tweets that he’s America’s chief law enforcement officer. That’s only true if others let him be. William D. Adler - February 19, 2020 Impartial law enforcement is critical for democracy.
Mainstream conservative parties paved the way for far-right nationalism Daniel Ziblatt and Bart Bonikowski - December 1, 2019 By talking up ethnic nationalism but not delivering, they opened up space for the radical right
Democracy is under threat in Hungary, Venezuela and Turkey. Could the U.S. be next? Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman - December 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81053" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump talks with reporters on
One-third of the world’s population lives in a declining democracy. That includes the United States. Matthew Wilson and Anna Lührmann - July 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75078" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man holds a flag outside
Is democracy really in danger? The picture is not as dire as you think. Daniel Treisman - June 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69748" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Attendees gather in front of the
Hungarians go to the polls today. But are voters enough to protect democracy? Nahomi Ichino, John Ahlquist, Jason Wittenberg, and Daniel Ziblatt - April 8, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71892" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People marching against Prime Minister Viktor
Brazil’s federal intervention in Rio’s drug wars has an authoritarian feel — and could backfire Benjamin Lessing - March 2, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69983" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Brazilian President Michel Temer signed an
How flawed constitutions undermine democracy Victor Menaldo and Michael Albertus - February 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69689" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A replica of the Liberty Bell stands
Moderation and Radicalization in Conservative Parties John Sides - January 23, 2012 My friend and colleague Daniel Ziblatt, a political scientist at
More on the Irrelevance of Political (and Social) Science John Sides - September 16, 2010 "Daniel Ziblatt":http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dziblatt/ sends along this piece (pdf), "Can Social Science
The Origins of Electoral Fraud John Sides - June 15, 2009 bq. While the political equality offered by universal, equal, direct