Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup

More than window dressing, public-opinion surveys and elections provide a crucial insight into the Russian people’s relationship with their regime.

Why did Belarusians return dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka to power in September 2001? Could a better-managed opposition campaign have made a difference?

Nowhere else has the impact of international factors on democratization been as apparent as in Central and Eastern Europe. Integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures is one particularly strong democratizing…