List of Democracy articles
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A League of Their Own
Foreign-policy heavyweights on both the left and the right are calling for a new League of Democracies. One day, they say, it could replace the United Nations. But such a plan rests on the false assumption that democracies inherently work well together -- or that anyone besides the United States thinks it's a good idea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Major League Debate
G. John Ikenberry, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Robert Kagan respond to Thomas Carothers's critique of the proposed "League of Democracies."
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The Dictator’s Handbook
Why is democracy failing even as elections proliferate? A thought experiment sheds new light on why aging autocrats remain so hard to dislodge.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The New Coups
Violent government takeovers now happen far less frequently -- and their strongmen fall much faster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan’s Democracy Fatigue
Across the Taliban-infested, Pashtun south, many ordinary Afghans are wondering why another round of elections is being held at all.