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Big Brother Rising
Three Glimpses of the Future
Diane Francis

As the world hurtles toward a systemically digitized existence, some unpleasant alternatives to governance are coming clearly into view.

 Published: 2018-06-20 14:28:38
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To Cure What Ails Us
A More-Than-Minimal Democracy
Dalibor Rohac

Democratic governance has to be about far more than just elections.

 Published: 2018-06-18 11:11:26
 
Ranked-Choice Voting
A Victory For Democratic Reform
Larry Diamond

The voters of Maine rejected political cynicism on Tuesday and endorsed one of the most promising reforms to our politics.

 Published: 2018-06-15 10:14:35
 
Migration and Its Discontents
The Impacts of Immigration: Europe vs. America
Michael Mandelbaum

The consequences of immigration will be harsher, and the problems to which it gives rise less manageable, in the European Union than in the United States.

 Published: 2018-06-13 19:48:05
 
The SCOTUS Cakeshop Judgment
Anti-Discrimination Eats Itself
Richard Thompson Ford

The Court’s latest case shows how overly broad conceptions of civil rights protections have turned important laws against themselves, like an overactive immune system that consumes its host.

 Published: 2018-06-12 13:12:45
 
Jaw-Jaw
Mission: Kimpossible
Josef Joffe

Kim Jong-un may promise Donald Trump the moon when the two meet on Singapore’s Santosa Island. But he won’t deliver. History provides some key clues why North Korea will not part with its nukes.

 Published: 2018-06-08 15:08:18
 
A Failed Deterrent
The Case for Russia Sanctions
Damir Marusic

Sanctions on Russia are not achieving their desired result for a whole slew of reasons. We should keep them in place anyway.

 Published: 2018-06-07 14:48:48
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Of Immigration and National Identity
Europeans in Search of Themselves
Andrew A. Michta
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Power Play
The Grid of the Future
Devin Hartman
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All the Money in the World
The World's Largest Tax Haven? Guess Who
James S. Henry
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Unintended Consequences
Singapore Slinging
Adam Garfinkle
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Pipeline Politics
Why Nord Stream 2 Will Not Be Built
John Herbst
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Niagra Falls Moment #2
The “Libya Model”

So exactly what “Libya Model” did John Bolton have in mind?

 Published: May 18, 2018
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Why Populism?
The Populist Surge

Trumpist populism could easily linger longer than most people readily assume.

 Published: Feb 09, 2018
Larry Diamond
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A New Beginning
Welcome to Democracy Square

It is my pleasure to welcome you to this blog about the issues and challenges confronting democracy at home and abroad.

 Published: Oct 30, 2017
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