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May 16, 2023
United States
Why Today Is Not Like the 1850s
American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…
December 6, 2021
2021 in Review
Visualizing 2022: Trends to Watch
CFR experts highlight the most important trends they will be following in the coming years.
March 6, 2023
Ukraine
Ukraine Needs to Pursue Victory Without Sacrificing Its Democratic Future
Since its emergence as an independent state in 1991, Ukraine has made little progress in consolidating democratic rule. A powerful oligarchy has dominated the country’s politics and economy. Corrupti…
March 7, 2023
Russia
The Precarious Future of Russian Democracy
When the new Russia emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was widely expected to embark on a democratic transition. In the then dominant Western narrative, it had no alternative i…
March 1, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1790s
Many of the supposedly unprecedented features of contemporary politics have familiar echoes in earlier American history, and so the best mirror in which to see our present moment clearly could be our…
