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Boris Johnson ‘prorogued’ Parliament — just like a 17th-century king

Kara Dimitruk - September 2, 2019

But at least the prime minister probably won’t be chastened by a European invasion

Europe’s democracies are in trouble. To understand why, look to the past.

Henry Farrell - June 7, 2019

Building stable democracies is a slow and painful process.

Some argue that the West should limit democracy to save liberalism. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Sheri Berman - July 18, 2017

[caption id="attachment_61040" align="alignnone" width="960"] Demonstrators gathered to protest Islamic law

President Trump doesn’t mind business debt. But what does that say about his fiscal policy?

Ryan Saylor - April 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_41248" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In May 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump

Douglass North was a visionary

Margaret Levi and Barry Weingast - December 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_33329" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Professor Douglass C. North of Washington

Government shutdowns are the worst kind of budgetary reversion, except for all the rest

Erik Voeten - October 3, 2013

Two days ago I blogged about the reason other countries