Global Governance & Politics

DATE IMPORTED: January 23, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan attend a news conference after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Turkey’s purchase of Russian missile-defense system will be ‘paradigm shifting’ for its relations with the US

Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: February 27, 2019German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool

The new German question: What happens when Europe comes apart?

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar sign the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact at the White House in Washington October 22, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) - GM1DWKURZWAA

Where has the Millennium Challenge Corporation succeeded and failed to incentivize reform—and why?

Monday, April 1, 2019

Vital Sounouvou (C) of Benin, raises his hand trying to be called on from U.S. President Barack Obama, at the Summit of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, July 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - GM1EA7T017E01

Africa youth leadership: Building local leaders to solve global challenges

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

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

Flags flutter outside the Houses of Parliament, ahead of a Brexit vote, in London, Britain March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Jacobs - RC1321F804E0

Between Brexit and a hard place

Douglas A. Rediker

Friday, March 15, 2019

Indonesia's presidential candidate Joko Widodo (L) shakes hands with his opponent Prabowo Subianto after the second debate between presidential candidates ahead of the next general election in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan - RC1B58C98B50

Indonesia’s imminent presidential election

Lex Rieffel and Alexander R. Arifianto

Wednesday, March 6, 2019