How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking
democracy Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent …

How do changes in ethnic composition affect voter turnout? In Russia, a country that
institutionalizes ethnicity through federalism, research demonstrates that geographically …

Party system nationalisation is regarded as a process that signifies democratic and party
system development. This article extends understanding on the topic by studying the …

Вопрос «Who is Mr. Putin?» до сих пор не получил однозначного ответа. Владимир
Путин остается загадкой для политиков и аналитиков, экспертов и журналистов …

The Russian word for “election”–vybor–also means “choice”. Choice was one thing that
Soviet voters did not have. Though there was no legal restriction on the number of …

Of all the major powers in contemporary international politics, this chapter suggests,
Russia's national security policy has appeared the most unstable, traversing a trajectory …

На самом ли деле жители России не склонны разделять общедемократические
идеалы и ценности свободного рынка? Вправду ли россияне заперты в ловушку …