Luis Schiumerini is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the author of the book, Incumbency Bias: Why Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of... Continue Reading →
Adam Przeworski Asks Who Decides What is Democratic
Adam Przeworski is the Carol and Milton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics of New York University. His most recent book is Crises of Democracy. Some of his recent essays include "Who Decides What is Democratic" and "Formal Models of Authoritarian Regimes A Critique." The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of... Continue Reading →
Killian Clarke Warns Counterrevolution is a Threat to Nascent Democracies
Killian Clarke is an assistant professor in the Edmond A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the author of Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. For democratic revolutions to survive... Continue Reading →
Amel Ahmed Says the Regime Question Has Returned
Amel Ahmed is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of the book The Regime Question: Foundations of Democratic Governance in Europe and the United States. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. The... Continue Reading →
Tom Carothers Says We Misunderstand Democratic Backsliding
Tom Carothers is the Director of the Democracy Conflict and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He's the author of numerous books and articles. Some of his most recent articles and reports include “Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding,” “Lessons about Backsliding and Resistance,” and “Understanding and Responding to Global Democratic Backsliding.” The Democracy Paradox is... Continue Reading →
Javier Corrales on Intentional Polarization
Javier Corrales is Dwight W. Morrow 1895 professor of Political Science at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is the author of the book Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism as well as numerous scholarly articles. His most recent article (coauthored with Ricardo José Salas Díaz) is "Intentional Polarization: How Policy Extremism and Ideological Overuse... Continue Reading →
Susan Stokes on Democratic Backsliders
Susan Stokes is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. She is the past chair of APSA’s Comparative Politics and Democracy and Autocracy Sections, past chair of the Yale Political Science Department, and a founding member of Bright... Continue Reading →
The Last Episode. Elizabeth Saunders on How Democracies Wage War and Make Peace
Elizabeth Saunders is a Professor of Political Science at Columbia University as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is also an editor of The Good Authority Blog formerly known as The Monkey Cage Blog. Her most recent book is The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace. Proudly sponsored... Continue Reading →
When Democracy Breaks: Final Thoughts with Archon Fung, David Moss and Arne Westad
Archon Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also the Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School. He is also founder and president of the Tobin Project and the... Continue Reading →
When Democracy Breaks: Scott Mainwaring on Argentina
Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. His most recent book is Democracy in Hard Places (coedited with Tarek Masoud). In April 2019, PS: Political Science and Politics listed him as one of the... Continue Reading →
