The Trump presidency featured a high volume of contentious mobilization. We describe the collection and aggregation of protest mobilization…
Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. The Arab Spring that resides in the popular…
Despite the growing concern about elections which fail around the world, there has been little systematic understanding of the importance…
Many elections confront challenges in meeting international standards of electoral integrity, including in established democracies such as…
Drawing upon theories of the diffusion of global norms, this study addresses two issues: is there a shared consensus among experts about…
Book abstract: This book is a collection of papers commissioned for the 2012 Aspen Strategy Group Summer Workshop, a bipartisan meeting of…
It might seem that a disaster was averted by the last-minute fiscal-cliff deal. But the wrath of House Republicans has simply moved to a…
On Saturday, Egyptians voted in a national referendum on the country's new constitution, drafted over the course of six months by a largely…