January 2023, Volume 34, Issue 1
When Vladimir Putin launched a massive invasion of Ukraine, he expected an easy victory. Instead, the world has witnessed an object lesson in how a corrupt Russian regime crippled its own military power.
October 2022, Volume 33, Issue 4
Democracy’s meaning has always been contested. Letting that struggle become a battle between existential foes risks upending the whole democratic project.
October 2021, Volume 32, Issue 4
In a deeply polarized United States, ordinary people now consume and espouse once-radical ideas and are primed to commit violence.
April 2021, Volume 32, Issue 2
Far from being a vulnerability in the struggle against terrorism, democratic freedoms are key to empowering moderate voices and depriving terrorists of popular support.
January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1
A review of Afghanistan’s Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban by Larry P. Goodson; and Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid.
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
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.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
As political polarization deepens in the world’s democracies, political violence is on the rise. And in the wake of these acts, conspiracy theories often bloom. We offer three essays that look at these forces that threaten to upend democracy, and what must be done to overcome them.
