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The Treacherous Path to a Better Russia
Commentary
The first barrier to a post-Putin Russia is, of course, Putin himself....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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Putin’s Forever War
Commentary
More than a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a grim reality has settled in: the war will not end soon. Despite the heavy fighting in and around the eastern city of Bak...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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Personalist Strongmen: Challenges and Trends
Commentary
Personalist authoritarianism is harmful to global democracy, as these regimes are the least likely form of dictatorship to democratize upon their collapse....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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In El Salvador and Elsewhere, Leaders Find Ways to Break Term Limits
Commentary
Limits to executive time in office help ensure regular, institutionalized rotation of leadership....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Is Russia Better Off Without Putin? The Answer is Changing.
Commentary
To figure out whether we would be better off without Putin, though, we first need to weigh something else: How would Putin’s departure from power affect Russia? Would a leader...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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After Putin: Lessons from Autocratic Leadership Transitions
Commentary
It is now impossible to imagine that there could be any substantive improvement in US-Russia relations while Putin remains in power....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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How Personalist Politics is Changing Democracies
Commentary
This rapid increase is alarming: Personalist rule brings with it a host of negative outcomes compared to other types of authoritarian systems....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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All Politics Is Personalized
Commentary
Leaders are amassing more power relative to their political parties so politics more strongly reflects the leader’s preferences rather than being a bargaining process among mu...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Digital Repression in Autocracies
Commentary
Repression is a hallmark feature of authoritarian rule. It raises the costs of disloyalty and makes it more difficult for groups to mobilize against the regime (Wintrobe, 1998...
By Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Joseph Wright
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The Digital Dictators
Commentary
Rapid technological change will likely produce a cat-and-mouse dynamic as citizens and governments race to gain the upper hand....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Why the fragmentation of European politics could bode poorly for democracy
Commentary
After last week’s elections, the European Parliament is more fragmented than ever — growing discontent with the mainstream meant that centrist and mainstream parties took a be...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
