perfectly competitive (ideal democracy). Leaders are constrained by the threat of "entry" or their ability to tax (or both), so … trade sanctions and other policies designed to promote democracy may actually have the unintended consequences of …

; Degree of Democracy ; Dictatorship … ; Abwahl ; Arabischer Frühling ; Demokratie ; Diktatur ; Neue politische Ökonomie …

substantive structural transformation since then. First, democracy has enabled a broader range of interest groups to permeate …

accelerate the spread of democracy is dying. For authoritarians, social media enabled disinformation is the weapon of choice … because it challenges democratic institutional legitimacy. The popularity of the Sputnik V vaccine in Hungary indicates that …, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine Russian influence was growing in the EU's backyard. By exploiting social, political, and …