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February 1, 2013

Economics
Mexico’s Democratic Malaise

During Mexico’s 2012 presidential election, many political pundits voiced their fears that the PRI’s return would bring a resurgence of the country’s less democratic past. According to new polling da…

Democracy FA - LAM

November 2, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria’s Opposition Dumped While Tunisians, Egyptians, and Kuwaitis Protest

Significant Middle East Developments Syria. The Syrian National Council (SNC) lashed out at the United States today, accusing Washington of trying to “undermine the Syrian revolution.” The SNC was r…

U.S. secretary of state Clinton meets with a small group of expatriate Syrian opposition members at a hotel in Geneva on December 6, 2011 (Applewhite/Courtesy Reuters).

July 17, 2017

Digital Policy
Report Watch Vol. III: State Control of Online Content

A look at the latest digital and cyber scholarship: computational propaganda, trolls in China, and internet censorship.

Note-taking

September 19, 2011

Asia
Foreign Investment on the Rise in Burma

Cashiers are seen behind piles of kyat banknotes as they count it in a private bank in Yangon July 21, 2011 (Soe Zeya Tun/Courtesy Reuters). A recent report in The Diplomat suggested that Burma rece…

Cashiers are seen behind piles of kyat banknotes as they count it in a private bank in Yangon July 21, 2011.