Geopoliticus April 7, 2017 How Can the West Combat the Global Democratic Recession? Earlier this month, Freedom House released its annual “Nations in Transit” (NIT) report, which painted a disheartening picture... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 11, 2016 Philadelphia’s Message to the World This blog is based on a talk to 3,000 high school students at the Ivy League Model UN Conference... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 8, 2015 Azerbaijan Closes Its Doors: This Time To Amnesty International FPRI scholars and contributors have frequently used the case of Azerbaijan to support the argument that in today’s world... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 26, 2015 Freedom House Reports Alarming Authoritarian Pushback in Eurasia’s Nations in Transit On June 23rd Freedom House—an independent democracy and human rights watchdog organization—released its annual Nations in Transit report. Nations... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 24, 2015 Iran Before and After 1979: How Did We Get Here from There? Thirty-six years ago on February 11, 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy came to an end and with it the... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 22, 2015 In China: “A Peaceful Democratic Transition?” Nothing appears by accident in the Global Times, Beijing’s mass-circulation tabloid owned by the People’s Daily and run by... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 17, 2015 Wanting It Both Ways, Principled and Practical: U.S. Policy toward Thailand The increased strain between the United States and Thailand, longtime allies in Southeast Asia, was evident during their 34th... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 30, 2014 Hunger for Power in Hungary? The Alarming Nature of Viktor Orban’s New “Manifesto” The recent rise of authoritarianism in Eurasia and elsewhere seems to be encouraging further destabilization of other fragile democracies.... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 21, 2014 Ukraine and the Future of the Western Democratization Agenda By Adrian A Basora, Maia Otarashvili and Hannah Lidicker Ukraine currently dominates the headlines, with most of the attention... Read more »