What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?; What a Democratic Restoration Offers Turkey’s Citizens—and the World; Only a Gradual Transition—Not Regime Change by Force—Can Restore Venezuela’s Democracy
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The Price of American Authoritarianism

What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?

By Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt

 

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Protesting the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, September 2025

Turkey’s Second Act

What a Democratic Restoration Offers the Country’s Citizens—and the World

By Ekrem Imamoglu

 
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a roundtable discussion with farmers at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 8, 2025. 

The Fear and Weakness at the Heart of Trump’s Strategy

A Conversation With Kori Schake

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, September 2025

The Peril of Ousting Maduro

Only a Gradual Transition—Not Regime Change by Force—Can Restore Venezuela’s Democracy

By Phil Gunson

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