Tag: Regimes & Governance
236 Articles
- Global Governance
Between Scylla and Charybdis: How trivialization and complexity are “compressing” representative democracy
Trivialization is responsible for the erosion of the public sphere through over-simplified, and often polarizing, accounts of reality and political choice. For instance, populist…
July 27, 2018
- Global Governance
The Autocrats’ Comeback: A Cautionary Tale
To consolidate power, these modern autocrats follow the typical authoritarian playbook to impose deep and swift stresses on their democracies: from repressing media and civil…
July 27, 2018
- Global Governance
The Strategy of Fear: Populism, Technocracy, and European Democracy
Europe is home to one of the most ambitious political and institutional experiments in history: the European Union. In the EU, populist movements and technocratic elites have…
July 9, 2018
- Global Governance
Xi Jinping’s Legacy is not Bridges and Pipelines; it’s his Thought
To many analysts, Beijing’s bold plans come at the expense of soft power. This view is incomplete: Xi’s biggest battle is for hearts and minds in the domestic arena. While…
June 28, 2018
- Dialogues
Liberia: A Model for Africa
GJIA: In Liberia, as a government minister and as a private citizen, you have lived and served under authoritarian rulers such as Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor. Many outsiders…
April 12, 2018
- Global Governance
Kenyan Democracy and the Rule of Law
On August 8, 2017, Kenyans went to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament, and officials for the country’s various subnational political jurisdictions. The…
March 28, 2018
- Dialogues
Costa Rica: Towards a Sustainable Future with Román Macaya Hayes
GJIA: What are some significant ways in which Costa Rica has changed in the past decade? RMH: To begin with, we have accelerated our economic transformation to an economy in…
March 16, 2018
- Conflict & Security
The Seven Capacities of States: a Meta-Geopolitical Framework
Taken together, these two observations prompt the development of what I have previously referred to as Neo-Statecraft, of which Meta-geopolitics forms a key component. Distinct…
March 8, 2018
- Human Rights & Development
The Dark Side of Chinese Modernization
The 2017 annual Human Rights Watch Report on China finds that “the outlook for fundamental human rights, including freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and, …
March 2, 2018
- Business & Economics
Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil
So far, the success of domestic Tajik policies and international assistance has been minimal. Trafficking is a product of numerous complex factors, including large-scale opium…
March 1, 2018