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... is outlandish. The title of Karen Dawisha s recent book about this regime, Putin s Kleptocracy, is correct as a diagnosis. In many important ways, Putinism is the opposite of Stalinism: It has led to the deindustrialization of the country, is embedded in corruption, and shuns mass violence. Of course, Putin s...

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...Ronojoy Sen [T]he principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seems much better positioned than the Indian National Congress to win power in this year's elections. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Ronojoy Sen...

...Ali Riaz If the ruling party continues to marginalize the opposition, deny it the space for peaceful protest, and disregard the need for a political roadmap for moving forward, it will encourage extremists to take over. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California authoritarian campaign democracy embezzlement judiciary Kamuzu Banda Malawi Muluzi NGOs opposition [T]he image of sure-footed democratic progress must be placed against the pic- ture that emerges...

... The Regents of the University of California criminal tribunal Kosovo Liberation Army Kostunica Milosevic opposition Otpor! protests Serbia Yugoslavia 109 The political scene in Serbia changed dramat-ically in the fall of 2000 when Yugoslav Pres-ident Slobodan Milosevic lost the September...

... for new presidential elections this April. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California corruption democracy elections Fujimori Montesinos opposition Peru reform Shining Path United States 65 Democracy, if understood as regular, free...