January 2022, Volume 33, Issue 1
The Collapse of Afghanistan
The Afghan republic’s destruction was sewn into its founding. The international community’s missteps are more responsible for its failure than the country’s supposedly endemic corruption.
Subject: Legitimacy
July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 3
Turkmenistan: Grasping for Legitimacy
Turkmenistan’s authoritarian president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov attempted to use sham democratic elections in February 2017 to bolster his legitimacy both at home and abroad.
October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
George Washington and the Founding of Democracy
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
Will China Democratize? Disruption Without Disintegration
January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1
Consolidation and Public Opinion in South Africa
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
Grappling with Legitimacy
A review of Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority, edited by Muthiah Alagappa.