The New Geopolitics

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

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during his campaign closing rally in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C1F3EDD10

Can the center hold? Populist challenges, liberal democratic responses

William A. Galston

February 2019

India's Prime Minister Narendra ModiÊshakes hand with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during their bilateral meeting in Singapore, November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1215088450

Deepening democracy through diversity: Improving cooperation with India and non-Western democracies

Dhruva Jaishankar

February 2019

Chinese flag is seen in front of the financial district of Pudong amid heavy smog in Shanghai, China, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - D1BESCXWRFAA

The China challenge, democracy, and US grand strategy

February 2019

Supporters of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wave to candidates during a campaign rally for the local elections, in Taipei, Taiwan November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1132B78CB0

Taiwan’s democracy and the China challenge

Richard C. Bush and Ryan Hass

February 2019

Venezuelan nationals living in Peru protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's second term, outside the embassy of Venezuela in Lima, Peru January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - RC180EDCB3F0

Latin America’s struggle with democratic backsliding

February 2019

Members of French special police forces of Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) take part in a drill inside the Groupama Stadium in Decines, near Lyon, France, as part of a G6 Interior Ministers meeting of the six largest EU countries to discuss security and anti-terror issues, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot - RC1259805A00

Terrorism and the threat to democracy

Daniel L. Byman

February 2019

Demonstrators shout slogans against Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), during a protest called "dictatorship never again" in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 10, 2018. The poster (R) reads: "Fight for democracy!" REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli - RC12E4A0D820

Rising democracies, burden-sharing, and the international liberal order

February 2019

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during a referendum Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - UP1ED4G0S0TZ1

Populist and authoritarian referendums: The role of direct democracy in democratic deconsolidation

February 2019