Author: Jeremy M. Weinstein | Journal of Democracy

Jeremy M. Weinstein is associate professor of political science and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. From 2009 to 2011, he served on the staff of the U.S. National Security Council.

April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2

Defunding Dissent: Restrictions on Aid to NGOs

Darin Christensen
Jeremy M. Weinstein

A number of countries including Russia and post-Mubarak Egypt are taking aggressive steps to limit or stop foreign funds from flowing to domestic NGOs that promote human rights and democracy. What is driving this trend, how far will it go, and what can be done to counter it?

January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1

Mozambique: A Fading UN Success Story

Jeremy M. Weinstein

The United Nations did superb work in helping Mozambique to end its long-festering civil war and start down the path to recovery, but those gains could slip away amid ominous conditions of partisan polarization, excessive political centralization, and a winner-takes-everything electoral system.