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A coup may be a quick fix for a problem leader, but history shows that coups beget more coups.
The passing of music giant Joseph Shabalala rests heavy on South African hearts - he told the story of black migrants within the apartheid system in a way no-one else did - and achieved global fame.
The Moscow elections of September 2019 were a referendum on President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party. And the opposition’s success suggests a looming political crisis for Putin and his regime.
2018 is on track to become only the second coup-free year in a century. Coup risk is way down worldwide, thanks to growing political stability in Latin America. Africa has the highest risk of coup.
Mexico’s 2018 presidential race hasn’t even begun, but it’s already a nail-biter, featuring two women, a left-wing firebrand, party defections, strange bedfellows and no small dose of scandal.
Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the epic novel is a case study in the grassroots strength of ordinary people.
The president of South Korea has been accused of choosing her friends poorly.
National electoral commissions are crucial in shaping public perceptions of how well democracy is working. Poor electoral management can enable fraud and produce political alienation.
The forced end of Dilma Rousseff’s presidency is the latest in a string of right-wing coups.
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Research Affiliate and Senior Analyst, University of Central Florida
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Conacyt Research Professor, National Laboratory of Public Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of Kansas
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Director, Centre for Communication, Politics and Culture, RMIT University
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Professor, Institute of Social and Political Studies, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Associate Professor, Sociology, Koç University
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Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Reader (Professor) in Development Economics, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, and Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), SOAS, University of London