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Iran
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Could Iran's Rouhani Lose?
Alireza Nader @AlirezaNader
May 3, 2017
RealClearWorld
In this month's presidential election Rouhani is running against Ebrahim Raisi, a trusted member of the revolutionary establishment. The Iranian population continues to live under duress and may be open to new candidates. The Iran nuclear deal hasn't resulted in the great economic windfall Rouhani promised.
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Mali
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What Mali Really Needs
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Jan 23, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Mali needs more international engagement, as well as serious pressure on the Malian state to strengthen its hold on the country. The key will be helping beyond just security force assistance and conventional economic development aid; Mali needs help governing.
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Democracy
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Were Russian Hacks Really a Threat to American Democracy?
Andrew Parasiliti @ATParasiliti
Dec 30, 2016
The National Interest
The Russian attacks should be another wake up call about the relentless probing of America's digital assets by adversaries and the potential consequences of weak cyber defenses. But U.S. democracy appears to have survived safe and sound.
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Russia
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How Can We Be Sure Putin Hacked the Democrats?
Cynthia Dion-Schwarz @CDionSchwarz
Dec 16, 2016
Newsweek
Did Russia conduct an election cyber campaign against America? There is likely no smoking gun. But there is presumably a preponderance of technical evidence, intelligence, and benefits to Moscow that points in that direction.
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Security Cooperation
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Emergencies: France, Mali, and Turkey Are Playing with Fire
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Aug 15, 2016
Breaking Defense
The leaders of France, Mali, and Turkey have declared formal states of emergency. France's Hollande and Mali's Keïta, while responding to real threats, are risking democracy. Erdogan appears to be targeting democracy and using Turkey's recent failed coup as a pretext.
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United Kingdom
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Time for a Do-Over on Brexit
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Jul 7, 2016
USA Today
As the right of the UK voters to decide on EU membership should be respected, so should their right to change their minds. There is no reason to regard their choice to leave as irreversible.
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Political Reform Movements
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It's Too Soon to Write Off the Arab Spring as a Failure
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Jun 15, 2016
Newsweek
Pessimistically declaring the Arab Spring a failure in 2016 would be as naive as optimistically declaring it a success in 2011. Something comes next—but what?
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Democracy
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Taking the American Pulse This Election Season
May 4, 2016
For the past decade, a unique RAND survey has asked Americans how they feel about the economic crisis, health care reform, and more. Now, it's focused on the 2016 presidential election.
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Tunisia
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Tunisia Is an Arab Spring Success Story
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Apr 21, 2016
Observer
Tunisia has not unraveled into civil war like Syria or Libya. It has not undergone a counter-revolution that returned it to the autocracy of its pre-revolution days, like Egypt has. Tunisia is fragile, but its success is vital to the long-term stability and societal health of the Middle East.
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Democracy
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The Latest from the RAND Presidential Election Panel Survey
Michael Pollard, Joshua Mendelsohn
Apr 7, 2016
The RAND Blog
RAND's panel survey examines voter attitudes, intentions, and choices, and how these change throughout the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Some sizeable shifts in positions occurred in survey results from December to March.
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Middle East
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Democracy in the Arab World: Still a Mirage
Seth G. Jones @SethGJones
Mar 17, 2016
Foreign Affairs
From the indignant graffiti scrawled on walls across Tunis to the war-torn neighborhoods of Damascus and Tripoli, the region and the world's hopes of establishing peace and democracy have largely faded.
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Security Cooperation
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An African Country the West Has Ignored Could Have a Big Impact on the Global War on Terror
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Feb 26, 2016
Quartz
This week's presidential election in Niger is of real importance for U.S. interests in Africa and the global campaign against militant Islamists. A clean and peaceful election would constitute a step forward that could help secure an effective counterterrorism partner in both the short and long term.
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Political Reform Movements
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Tunisia's Paradoxical Political Union: Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes
Amanda Kadlec @_amandakadlec
Feb 5, 2016
Foreign Policy Concepts
In Tunisia, healthy disagreement between political parties has fostered some real change since the 2011 uprisings and throughout the course of the transition, but the persistent power-sharing dynamics in play aren't advancing democracy.
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Democracy
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RAND Kicks Off 2016 Presidential Election Panel Survey
Michael Pollard, Joshua Mendelsohn
Jan 27, 2016
The RAND Blog
RAND's panel survey examines voter attitudes, intentions, and choices, and how these change throughout the 2016 U.S. presidential election. What sets this effort apart from public opinion surveys and political polls is that it surveys the same people over the course of the election.
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Nation Building
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Georgia Needs Support from the U.S. and the West
Denis Corboy, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Kenneth Yalowitz
Jan 5, 2016
U.S. News & World Report
Georgia is poised to make big changes to reinvigorate its democracy and economy, but it needs support to deter risks and advance progress. With one-fifth of its territory occupied by Russia and facing risks every day, Georgia needs more Western aid, including military training, technology, and defensive arms.
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Education Legislation
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Strengthening Our Democracy Starts in School
Anna Rosefsky Saavedra
Dec 17, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
The teaching of civics and other social studies courses has hit hard times in most states, driven in part by accountability systems that reward schools for math and reading scores. Yet civic education is critical to the stability of our democracy and seems warranted now more than ever.
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Democracy

Could Iran's Rouhani Lose?

What Mali Really Needs

Were Russian Hacks Really a Threat to American Democracy?

How Can We Be Sure Putin Hacked the Democrats?

Emergencies: France, Mali, and Turkey Are Playing with Fire

Time for a Do-Over on Brexit

It's Too Soon to Write Off the Arab Spring as a Failure

Taking the American Pulse This Election Season

Tunisia Is an Arab Spring Success Story

The Latest from the RAND Presidential Election Panel Survey

Democracy in the Arab World: Still a Mirage

An African Country the West Has Ignored Could Have a Big Impact on the Global War on Terror

Tunisia's Paradoxical Political Union: Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes

RAND Kicks Off 2016 Presidential Election Panel Survey

Georgia Needs Support from the U.S. and the West

Strengthening Our Democracy Starts in School

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