This paper proposes that the failed presidencies in Argentina since the reinstallation of democracy in 1983 were caused by institutional flaws of the Argentine presidential system itself. While focusing on the failed presidential term of Fernando de La Rua, I argue that the premature departures...

How do domestic political institutions affect international conflict? Democratic peace theorists argue that jointly-democratic dyads are less likely to engage in war than other types of states, but these explanations cannot account for the large number of militarized conflicts that fall short of...