Rethinking Civil Society: Russia’s Fourth Transition

The first flush of democratic hopes has faded, as the recent elections have emphasized. But the democratic idea has a foothold, and the presidential machine that swept those elections will…

Through greater savvy engagement with international law, authoritarians are seeking not only to shield themselves from criticism, but to reshape global norms in their favor.

Despite huge changes, the events of the last ten years raise doubts about the notion of “democratic transition” itself.