January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
The Fear of Shrinking Numbers
Illiberalism can drive away a country’s young people, and with them the future.
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January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
Illiberalism can drive away a country’s young people, and with them the future.
October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4
How well-founded are Western concerns that the nascent parliaments of Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain will be captured by antidemocratic Islamists and lead to the ‘Talibanization’ of the Gulf?
January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1
The year 2001 saw modest gains in the strengthening and consolidation of democracy worldwide, but in predominantly Muslim countries—especially the Arab states—the status of freedom and democracy lags far behind the rest of the world.
October 2007, Volume 18, Issue 4
Under the pressure of compliance with the Maastricht convergence criteria governments implement painful welfare state reforms.
October 1999, Volume 10, Issue 4
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
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April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
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January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
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January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
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April 1997, Volume 8, Issue 2
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April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
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April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
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Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
A review of Anthills of the Savannah, by Chinua Achebe.
October 2013, Volume 24, Issue 4
Despite losing the popular vote, Malaysia’s long-ruling Barisan Nasional triumphed again in the country’s 2013 elections, disappointing an emboldened opposition that had high hopes after a strong performance in 2008.
January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1
The “system of separations” is a historic achievement that must be defended even against normatively “purer” understandings of democracy.
January 2015, Volume 26, Issue 1
Can democracy prosper when democratic countries are in geopolitical retreat? History cautions against the notion that democracy will inevitably prevail.