...Courtney Desiree Morris The heterogeneity and decentralized character of the protest movement is proving to be its greatest strength and weakness. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Courtney Desiree Morris Nicaragua Daniel...

...Daniel P. Aldrich Focusing solely on physical infrastructure runs the risk of overlooking another critical component of resilience: social infrastructure. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Aldrich climate change global...

...Joshua Lustig A pair of political scientists warn that history offers many examples of democracies collapsing after demagogues come to power–and the United States is not immune How Democracies Die , by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt Crown , 2018 © 2018 Current History. All...

...Daniel A. Bell By learning from aspects of imperfect meritocratic systems, including Chinesestyle political meritocracy, democratic systems can improve their performance and buttress their legitimacy. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California...

...Daniel S. Hamilton The United States and Europe must rebalance their partnership in order to face the political, economic, and security challenges of the twenty-first century. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Hamilton...

...Daniel Serwer Iraq is still in search of internal equilibrium and its proper international role after the trauma of more than thirty years of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and eight years of American military occupation’ . © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents...

...Daniel Treisman From the turmoil of recent decades, Russians have inherited … a belief that the existing income distribution is arbitrary and unjust. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Treisman Russia income inequality...

... election ethnic violence class Mwai Kibaki Raila Odinga constitution reform inequality Daniel arap Moi Uhuru Kenyatta 181 [T]he country has bought a short amount of time in which to entrench the new constitution, wield it for reform, and battle ghosts of the past. Kenya Struggles to Fix...

...Daniel Gros A few nations' public debt problems have become a systemic, area-wide financial crisis because of the fragility of the European banking system. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Gros European Union debt...

...Michael T. Klare The transition from an easy to a tough resource era will come at a high price. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Michael Klare resources oil coal Deepwater Horizon shale oil peak oil Daniel Yergin...

...Paul Harris; Daniel Sarewitz To promote innovation through scientific and technological advance is also to promote social change—often radical social change. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Paul Harris Daniel Sarewitz...

...Daniel Serwer ‘Success’ in Baghdad may include a Shiite-dominated government relatively friendly to Tehran, an outcome that the Americans are still trying to avoid but that they may ultimately have to accept. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University...

... down limits on presidential reelection, allowing Daniel Ortega to seek an additional term in 2011 imme- diately following his current term; it would be his third term overall. The trend is not confined to leftist leaders. The Colombian legislature last year authorized a refer- endum to decide whether...

...William W. Finan, Jr. An ailing Fidel Castro has quit. Cuban-Americans' views have softened. The author of a new book suggests the time has come to end America's isolation of the island. The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution , by Daniel P. Erikson...

... that is optimistic about the future. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California Kenya Mwai Kibaki Uhuru Kenyatta Daniel arap Moi KANU NARC Kalenjin Kikuyu election ethnicity Kenya has successfully run the gauntlet of political transition...