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Governance Studies

A poll worker places a mail-in ballot envelope into an official ballot drop box during the California gubernatorial recall election in San Diego in September 2021.

Campaigns & Elections Mail voting in the US: Data points to very low fraud and significant benefits to voters

Samara Angel, Jonathan Katz, Randi Wright

November 6, 2025

Europe & Eurasia The impacts of the Moldovan and Czech elections on European democracy: A Q&A with Jonathan Katz

Jonathan Katz

October 16, 2025

Democracy, Conflict, & Governance Global democracy is more resilient than you may think

Norman Eisen, Renée Rippberger, Jonathan Katz

October 13, 2025

Delegates stand at their seats in the U.N. General Assembly

International Affairs What’s at stake at UNGA 2025?

Hady Amr, Belinda Archibong, Norman Eisen, Marcela Escobari, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeffrey Feltman, Jonathan Katz, Cameron F. Kerry, Emily Markovich Morris, Modupe (Mo) Olateju, Ghulam Omar Qargha, Zia Qureshi, Sophie Rutenbar, Sweta Shah, Landry Signé, Shibley Telhami, David G. Victor

September 19, 2025