Why Russia may be taking Ukrainian children Svitlana Chernykh and Francesca Lessa - June 13, 2022 The research on similar tactics in Spain and Latin America helps explain Putin’s logic
How do North and South Americans view the U.S.? Dinorah Azpuru - June 2, 2022 Leaders are gathering for the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles
The Philippines elected a dictator’s son. Why are dynasties popular? James Loxton - May 26, 2022 Ties to a former dictatorship are quite common in new democracies, this research explains
Latin American countries had very different covid-19 death rates. Which policies worked? Matias Bianchi and Jennifer Cyr - January 24, 2022 Collaboration helped forge more effective government responses, our research found
Argentina legalized abortion. Here’s what it means for Latin America. Taylor Boas, Mason Moseley, Mariela Daby, and Amy Erica Smith - January 17, 2021 Abortion rights advocates focused on public health consequences for women in poverty.
In Latin America, coronavirus threatens not just public health, but also democracy Nicolás Saldías - April 16, 2020 Shaky economies are likely to get worse
Argentina is about to debate legalizing abortion — despite being a very Catholic country Mason Moseley and Mariela Daby - March 6, 2020 Since 2015, a mass feminist movement has changed the national discussion.
China already leads 4 of the 15 U.N. specialized agencies — and is aiming for a 5th Shing-Hon Lam and Courtney J. Fung - March 3, 2020 Beijing is campaigning to lead the global intellectual property agency
Uruguay’s Sunday runoff election may bring down the ruling party Jennifer Pribble and Fernando Rosenblatt - November 19, 2019 Voters have generally been content — so why are they pushing for change?
Here are the 3 big shifts in Venezuela that you probably missed — and will change what comes next. Jana Morgan - January 25, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83074" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters demanding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's
Will Turkey’s currency crisis hurt Erdogan? Here’s what a new poll shows. David Steinberg - August 23, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76996" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People walk past a currency exchange
This is why Argentina did not legalize abortion this week Julia Rubio - August 11, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76608" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Activists in favor of the legalization
A significant minority of Americans say they could support a military takeover of the U.S. government Susan Stokes, Noam Lupu, and German Feierherd - February 16, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69313" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Starlings pass in front of the
Hondurans are in the streets because they don’t believe their election results Orlando Pérez and Mitchell Seligson - December 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_67416" align="alignleft" width="960"] A masked protester stands by a
Evo Morales wants to change the law so he can remain president. Is Bolivia’s democracy in danger? Santiago Anria - November 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66628" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Bolivian President Evo Morales in February 2016.
Is democracy in a worldwide decline? Nope. Here’s our data. Mélida Jiménez - November 15, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66295" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP)[/caption] What is the
Yes, U.S. election integrity could be improved. Here’s why the Pence commission probably won’t do it. German Feierherd and Francisco Cantú - September 18, 2017 In May, President Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election
Egypt and Syria have been “disappearing” their citizens. This is why countries do it. Jason Scheideman - May 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57995" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on
The world’s energy is getting cleaner (and cheaper) — but not quickly enough David Victor - March 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55707" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Workers give the finishing touches to solar
Trump’s tweets can be a distraction, but do they signal a real threat to international institutions? Bruce Russett and Bear Braumoeller - January 18, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52621" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian paratroopers march across Moscow's Red
Here’s what citizens who vote for authoritarians have in common Amy Erica Smith and Mollie Cohen - November 2, 2016 What leads citizens to vote for authoritarian candidates? In recent
Could a third-party candidate win the U.S. presidency? That’s very unlikely. Amanda Skuldt - August 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44790" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A supporter of former Democratic presidential
Here’s what the rest of the world is saying about Donald Trump Kalev Leetaru - December 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33662" align="aligncenter" width="908"] U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
This map shows the 31 countries where transgender and gender-variant candidates have run for office since 1977 Logan Casey and Andrew Reynolds - December 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33473" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Tamara Adrián, lawmaker-elect in Venezuela's parliament,
People are freaking out about the Trans Pacific Partnership’s investor dispute settlement system. Why should you care? Henry Farrell - March 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23129" align="alignnone" width="620"] Union members and community activists protest
People are freaking out about the Trans Pacific Partnership's investor dispute settlement system. Why should you care? Henry Farrell - March 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23129" align="alignnone" width="620"] Union members and community activists protest
The best and worst elections of 2014 Pippa Norris - February 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21285" align="aligncenter" width="1430"] The global map of electoral integrity,
Latin Americans are embracing globalization and their former colonial masters Andy Baker - June 2, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Venezuelan public health workers face
U.S. is a world leader in class conflict over government spending Larry Bartels - April 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_9661" align="aligncenter" width="410" special=""] (Data from International Social
Latin America gets its own 538.com, and it beats the polls in Chile Joshua Tucker - December 9, 2013 Joshua Tucker: The following is a guest post from London
Butch Cassidy and the Snowden Kid: Evo Morales’s Plane and the Latin American Left Joshua Tucker - July 6, 2013 We welcome back Texas A&M political scientist Diego von Vacano with the following
More Politics and World Cup (Really, just more World Cup) Erik Voeten - July 1, 2010 There is surely something interesting to be said about the
Election Reports and Political Science: Update Joshua Tucker - October 20, 2009 A little more than a month ago I announced a
Election Reports and Political Science Joshua Tucker - September 14, 2009 One of the goals of the Monkey Cage is to