Subject: Armed conflicts | Journal of Democracy

January 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1

Russia’s Ukraine Obsession

Lilia Shevtsova

Russia has made the “Ukrainian question” central, even as Kyiv tries desperately to escape Moscow’s embrace.

July 2019, Volume 30, Issue 3

Ukraine’s Post-Maidan Struggles: Free Speech in a Time of War

Lucan Ahmad Way

Within Ukraine, Russia’s 2014 invasion has generated unprecedented pressures to impose restrictions on speech. While international norms allow some censorship during wartime, some of Ukraine’s new media and cultural policies raise risks not only for its democracy, but for its security as well.

April 2014, Volume 25, Issue 2

Shifting Tides in South Asia: Sri Lanka’s Postwar Descent

Jason G. Stone

With the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in a 26-year civil war, Sri Lanka had a chance for genuine reconciliation, but that chance is being squandered by the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4

Escaping the Development Impasse

Larry Diamond

A review of Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places by Paul Collier.

October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4

Georgia’s Year of Turmoil

A domestic political crisis began brewing in Georgia long before the current conflict with Russia. Since the Rose Revolution, the country has been troubled by flawed elections, a “superpresidency,” and a malleable constitution.

April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2

The Debacle in Côte d’Ivoire

Daniel Chirot

Despite hopes that 2005 would see an end to hostilities between rebels and government forces, neither disarmament nor elections took place. How did this once-prosperous country end up on the verge of anarchy and disaster?

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

The Cracked Foundations of the Right to Secede

Donald L. Horowitz

The claim that ethnic minorities have a moral and legal right to secede from states is a dangerous fiction with perilous implications for divided societies.

April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2

High Anxiety in the Andes: Colombia’s Perpetual Quest for Peace

Despite recent progress in the government’s negotiations with rebel groups, Colombia’s problems remain acute: continued violence, growing human rights abuses, severe income inequality, and a depressed economy.

April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2