How Dictatorships Work.Barbara Geddes,Joseph Wright,Erica Frantz.Cambridge University Press, 2018. 270pp. The world is in an illiberal phase. In recent years, dictators have strengthened their…

For the past week, Indians have flooded the streets in cities and towns across the country to protest a controversial new citizenship law. They have marched in droves despite the imposition of…

In recent years, a rising tide of women’s activism has swept across the world. Online and on the streets, millions of women have raised their voices and called for action against systemic abuse,…

As the dust settles on the UK parliamentary elections, American political analysts are seeking to draw lessons for the tumult ahead in Washington. Rival factions of the Democratic party are…

Partisan conflict over the impeachment of President Trump remains the central preoccupation of Washington and the American public discussion. House Speaker Pelosi, having passed two articles of…

Barham Ahmed Salih Qassim was born on September 8, 1960 in Sulaymaniyah inIraqi Kurdistan. He joined thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) movement in late 1976 and later the PUK…

The crowded streets of Ajegunle, one of the largest slums inLagos, Nigeria, are unpaved and littered with garbage. When it rains, they turn into little rivers because of the poor drainage systems…

The American public discussion of foreign policy faded to a murmur as the focus in Washington turned to the historic December 18 vote by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives to impeach…

Next March, Israelis will head to the polls for the third time in less than a year, and, once again, the vote will amount to a referendum on the rule of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu…

Next March, Israelis will head to the polls for the third time in less than a year, and, once again, the vote will amount to a referendum on the rule of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu…