What Went Wrong in Russia? The Problem of Fiscal Federalism

There is no consensus about the nature of the political system in Moscow today. Yet how one understands the motivations propelling Russian policy abroad depends on how one understands its…

Except for the Baltic states, the countries of the former Soviet Union may be less democratic today than in the last years of the USSR.

The lack of democracy in the Arab world is a problem that goes far beyond the absence of competitive elections. This lack must be traced not to religion or culture,…