The New Geopolitics

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans as they participate in anti-government protests in Khartoum, Sudan January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC12DA214610

Prospects for democracy in the Middle East: An interview with Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad and Bruce Jones

March 2019

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AB6752940

The strongmen strike back

March 2019

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC16E22BC130

Is Israel in democratic decline?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

March 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on before a speech marking the first 100 days of his presidency at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - RC183BA26AA0

The ills and cures of Mexico’s democracy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

People walk on the Margaret bridge as they attend Hungarian march at a pro-Orban rally during Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorates the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, Hungary March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - RC1873B30490

The anatomy of illiberal states

Alina Polyakova, Torrey Taussig, Ted Reinert, Kemal Kirişci, Amanda Sloat, James Kirchick, Melissa Hooper, Norman Eisen, and Andrew Kenealy

February 2019

Democracy & Disorder: The struggle for influence in the new geopolitics

Watch: What today’s geopolitical competition means for democracy

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Miniature globes illuminated. Photo: ptwo/Flickr. CC BY 2.0

Democracy & Disorder: The struggle for influence in the new geopolitics

Bruce Jones and Torrey Taussig

February 2019

Alice Weidel of Alternative for Germany (AfD) speaks during a session at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - RC1A64D3ACF0

Germany: Baffled hegemon

Constanze Stelzenmüller

February 2019

Podemos (We Can) leader Pablo Iglesias, now running under the coalition Unidos Podemos (Together We Can), delivers a speech during the last campaign rally for Spain's upcoming general election in Madrid, Spain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Andrea Comas - S1AETLVBIWAA

Mutations of the left in Western Europe

Célia Belin and Ted Reinert

February 2019

A damaged window of the office of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party is pictured in the city of Doebeln, Germany, January 4, 2019, one day after an explosion set the office on fire and damaged vehicles and nearby buildings. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel - RC1972A5B3D0

The opening of Europe’s Overton window

February 2019