List of Political Science articles
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GettyImages-501131126 crop President Maduro and His Imaginary Parliament
Venezuela’s opposition has just won a majority in the National Assembly — but the ruling socialists are already working to undermine it.
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GettyImages-498931734 crop It Is, By Far, The Worst Time to Be a Turkish Journalist
A doctor on trial for comparing President Erodgan to Gollum is only the most visible example of Ankara's growing crackdown on freedom of expression.
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GettyImages-169044447 crop On Human Rights Day, a Tunisian Court Sent Six Men to Prison For Being Gay
Five years after a revolution transformed Tunisia, the country still has a long way to go on human rights.
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GettyImages-492234188 crop Can Democracy Work for the World’s Values Voters?
Social conservatives are on the march across the world — but there’s no reason they can’t play by democratic rules.
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GettyImages-498156780 crop Don’t Call It a Jihadist Insurgency — Yet
The U.N. mission in Mali is mistaking aggrieved cattle-herders and bandits on motorbikes for an Islamist menace. Here’s why it matters that they get it right.
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GettyImages-455733658 CROPPED When You Close Your Eyes and Think of America, What Do You See?
Why nationalism can be a force for good. (But beware of the dark side.)
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GettyImages-474828010 crop Can Washington Stop Doing Dumb Democracy Promotion, Please?
President Obama once said: “Don’t do stupid shit.” USAID’s new director should take heed.
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GettyImages-469913232 crop Correa’s Gamble
Ecuador’s president has been nibbling away at democracy for years — now he’s going for broke.
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GettyImages-56418665 crop Dayton Ain’t Going Nowhere
The Dayton Agreement was meant to end a war, not govern a state. But now, 20 years later, Bosnia is still stuck with it.
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GettyImages-498927076 crop Still Under Curfew, Tunis Goes Quiet
Since the bus bombing that struck Tunis in late November, the city has been under strict curfew. Here's what it's like.
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GettyImages-471658940 crop The Rights Stuff
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, a conversation with a key U.S. State Department official on democracy and human rights.
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GettyImages-500347626 crop The Election That Broke the Spell of Chávez
Venezuela's ruling socialists pulled out all their favorite tricks. Here’s why it was no longer enough.