...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. Daniel Treisman Russia income inequality Vladimir Putin Boris Yeltsin economy democracy capitalism communism 264 From the turmoil...

... 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. 83 To understand why the euro crisis has gone from bad to worse, one needs to under-stand the inconsistencies in the setup of the Economic...

...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. 390 Success in Baghdad may include a Shiite-dominated government relatively friendly...

... America Hugo Chávez Venezuela Daniel Ortega Nicaragua Álvaro Uribe Colombia Leonel Fernández Dominican Republic 74 Latin America is witnessing an all-too-familiar pattern of presidents manipulat- ing the constitutional framework to seek additional terms in office. The Return...

...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...

... Kenyatta. Kibaki s election ended not only a quarter century of rule by Daniel arap Moi but also the Kenya African National Union s domi- nance since independence in 1963. The opposition coalition, the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (NARC), won a majority in parliament, taking 125 of 224 seats...