... Heredia Democratic Republic Congo Félix Tshisekedi Joseph Kabila Mobutu Sese Seko democracy elections corruption human rights civil society water protest movements 175 The strategies Kabila adopted to avoid stepping down at the end of his term in December 2016 inadvertently...

... Union Eastern Europe democracy populism authoritarianism illiberalism postcommunist Viktor Orbán Hungary Poland Czech Republic 90 What keeps European states committed to the EU project has not changed: it is economically much better to be inside the bloc than outside. The EU s Eastward...

... Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). As the insti- tutional setting became more stable and predict- able, workers, unions, firms, and political elites began to figure out their respective roles and in- terests. Neither the legacy of communist...

...Kevan Harris The latest political realignment in the Islamic Republic resulted in détente with the West even as regional upheaval has drawn Tehran into overextended military interventions. While Iran's future is uncertain, it is definitely not a hegemon in the making. 361 PERSPECTIVE There have...

... World War II two friction China Japan Korea North South historical claim revise revision regional order series resurgent nationalism world postwar hitler economies realignment rivalry traitors yalta PRC republic Stilwell Chiang kai-shek Taiwan abe xi Malaya Singapore...

... republic AFRICOM AFISMA MINUSMA Sierra Leone Ivory Coast Liberia Congo DRC 178 Africa s regional organizations will . . . need to urgently improve their rapid- response capacity to ensure that the continent does not keep relying for its secu- rity on self-interested external powers. UN...

...Thomas Turner The real question is not whether Kabila will win reelection, but how he has survived for 10 years in the presidency. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Joseph Kabila Thomas Turner Democratic Republic Congo...

... . Photographs by Paolo Woods. Nation Books , 2009 . © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Africa China Serge Michel Republic Congo Michel Beuret 213 BOOKS We have turned east, where the sun rises, and given our back to the west...

...Janusz Bugajski Predictions of massive social unrest, political breakdown, or reformist reversals have, to date anyway, proved misplaced. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Eastern Europe Central Poland Czech Republic...

... years, such limits were in some cases loosened and immediate reelection to a second presidential term became common. This seemed like good news. Publics rewarded presi- dents who governed well by allowing them to continue serving. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Venezuela...

... of the University of California Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo Hausa-Fulani Igbos Yoruba Republic Biafra Sani Abacha Ibrahim Babangida PDP Muslim 215 In April 2003 Nigerians reelected President Oluse-gun Obasanjo to a second term in polling gener-ally accepted as free and fair, though marred...

... effectively and maintain public support. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California European Union Balkans acquis Czech Republic Poland Hungary Slovenia Cyprus Malta Eurobarometer 119 As considerable as the challenges of enlargement...

... axis evil George Bush Iran Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Mohammad Khatami reformist September Taliban United States September 11 and subsequent developments have put to rest any idea that reforms will occur quickly in Iran or that relations will be restored with the United...

...Richard R. Marcus President Ratsiraka is trying to reverse the gains that have been made during Madagascar's democratization process. Campaigning on the slogan of freedom with development, he has successfully moved the country back toward the autocracy of the Second Republic. If the highest...

... and a politically cautious SFOR aid them in this endeavor. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Bosnia Carla del Ponte Dayton paramilitary Serb Republic SFOR Hague tribunal United States war criminals 120 The widespread presence...