The international election monitoring regime has become considerably more complex in the
twenty-first century. Although the number of organizations engaged in high-quality election …

A large and growing number of international organizations (IOs) are made up and governed
by illiberal or outright authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian IOs (AIOs) formally …

Illiberal regimes have become central players in international organizations. In this
introduction to the special issue, we provide a unified framework for understanding their …

The chapter explores the performance of Eurasian regional organizations in terms of their
key official declared goal–market integration and removal of internal barriers for trade. It …

The purchase of commercial spyware by at least 43 authoritarian states has drawn attention
to the links between the international private technology trade and autocrats. This article sits …

International financial institutions (IFIs) are often perceived as engines of economic and
political liberalization. Yet, despite their outsized influence in shaping the development …

Liberal democracy is facing renewed challenges from a growing group of states undergoing
democratic backsliding. While entrenched autocrats have long resented and contested the …

There is growing evidence that leaders cooperate through regional intergovernmental
organizations (RIOs) to address domestic security challenges. What sustains this …

Growing literature examines when states exit international institutions. International
agreements, however, differ in how easy it is for signatory states to withdraw from them. Why …

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