Is international pressure for democracy effective in authoritarian regimes? While research
indicates that international efforts can help solidify transitions in new or fragile democracies …

The worldwide wave of autocratization is doing away with many of the democratic
achievements made since 1989. Scholarship on international democracy promotion is yet to …

The worldwide wave of autocratization is doing away with many of the democratic
achievements made since 1989. Scholarship on international democracy promotion is yet to …

Has the last tide of democratization been replaced by a new wave of democratic reversal?
Do two decades of international democracy promotion now have to compete with the …

Despite growing interest in democracy promotion, the nature and extent of external factors'
impact on democratic transitions to date remains understudied. The question of what works …

Since the 1970s, international influences on democratization have received increasing
attention from scholars and policymakers. Scholars pointed to multiple mechanisms by …

This conclusion summarizes the major findings of this special issue and discusses their
implications for research on democratization and international democracy promotion. First, I …

Rachel Vanderhill's book Promoting Authoritarianism Abroad is the most recent contribution
to a young, but lively debate on whether, to what extent, and with what effect authoritarian …

Rising democracies are becoming key players in global democracy promotion, but they
often struggle to detach the external support they provide from their own transition …

George W. Bush did democracy promotion one favour at least: as much as he brought the
global spread of democracy into disrepute, his years as president of the United States finally …