U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders. Jennifer McCoy, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kenneth Roberts, and Murat Somer - March 31, 2025 A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
Ukraine accused Russia of torture. Here’s how to prosecute those crimes. Alyson Reynolds, Elijah Tsai, and Kelebogile Zvobgo - November 22, 2022 Ukraine’s allies can use their own courts to investigate war crimes
The U.S. plans to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty. That’s a miscalculation. James Cameron - May 24, 2020 The transparency of monitoring flights helps avoid military conflict
After 3 years, Northern Ireland’s legislators have finally gone back to work. What happened? Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - January 17, 2020 Here’s what brought Sinn Fein and the Unionists back together — and what could tear them apart again.
Russia has a long history of eliminating ‘enemies of the state’ Calder Walton - March 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_70509" align="aligncenter" width="3827"] Members of the armed forces in
Yes, some Poles were Nazi collaborators. The Polish Parliament is trying to legislate that away. Jeffrey Kopstein and Jason Wittenberg - February 2, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68799" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Auschwitz concentration camp is seen
6 reasons not to worry about Russia invading the Baltics Robert Person - November 12, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32090" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian
Are European parliamentarians responsive to their voters? Catherine E. De Vries - May 26, 2014 In May 2014, about 500 million eligible voters had the
Kosovo preelection report: Why who participates is more important than who wins Joshua Tucker - November 1, 2013 [caption id="attachment_2483" align="aligncenter" width="486" special=""] Ethnic composition of Kosovo (Source:
2012 Lithuanian Parliamentary Election: Pre-Election Report Joshua Tucker - October 13, 2012 Continuing our series of election reports, we presented the following