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The Populist Syndrome: Critical Junctures and Parallel Paths in Latin America and Post-communist Europe
(Georgetown University, 2018)Recent waves of populism raise urgent questions about political stability across the world. Why are populists more electorally viable in some liberal democracies than in others, and why do only some electorally successful ... -
States Within Markets: Elites, Institutions and the Politics of Privatization-Nationalization Waves
(Georgetown University, 2018)Why do many countries vacillate between periods of greater state ownership in the economy and periods of increased market laissez-faire, between policies of privatization and policies of nationalization? Why do these waves ... -
Norms Diffusion and Institutional Design of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Africa and the Middle East
(Georgetown University, 2018)State-controlled financial institutions in the form of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) now control globally over US$7 trillion in assets – more than the assets under management by private equity and hedge funds combined. ... -
Cure or Disease: The Civil-Military Consequences of American Foreign Military Aid
(Georgetown University, 2018)U.S. foreign military aid amounts to billions of dollars per year spread across nearly every nation in a variety of programs. However, the actual impact of this aid on the civil-military relations of recipient nations ... -
Cities and Vulnerabilities: International Security in the Urban Era
(Georgetown University, 2018)How do urbanization and urban geography affect international security? Urbanization is one of the most important transformations in modern history, but its impacts–and the impacts of persistent inequalities in urbanization ...
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