List of Democracy articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Essential Vladimir Putin
A semiauthoritarian present is Russia's best hope for a liberal future.
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The First Law of Petropolitics
Iran's president denies the Holocaust, Hugo Chávez tells Western leaders to go to hell, and Vladimir Putin is cracking the whip. Why? They know that the price of oil and the pace of freedom always move in opposite directions. It's the First Law of Petropolitics, and it may be the axiom to explain our age.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Sons of the Fathers
Saudi Arabia isn't the only Arab country where economic and political success hinges on succession. These Middle Eastern scions have been groomed to continue their family's rule. But are they as committed to reform as they seem?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The FP Index: Ranking the Rich
Poverty is blamed for everything from terrorism to bird flu. Rich nations have never sounded more committed to stamping it out. Is it all just hot air? The fourth annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on whether they’re working to end global poverty -- or just making it worse.
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No Representation Without Taxation
People only have a stake in the system when they are forced to pay for it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The FP Memo: Brothers In Arms
The United States and the Muslim Brotherhood have more in common than they think. But if the Brotherhood is to win over American skeptics, its actions will have to match its words.
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How Capitalism Is Killing Democracy
Free markets were supposed to lead to free societies. Instead, today's supercharged global economy is eroding the power of the people in democracies around the globe. Welcome to a world where the bottom line trumps the common good and government takes a back seat to big business.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Democracies Grow Up
Countries with too many young people may not have a fighting chance at freedom.
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Will Democracy Make You Happy?
For decades, politicians and political scientists have clung to the notion that free nations breed happy people. Now, though, a new 'science of happiness' is turning that equation on its head.
