• Ned-Micro
    November 19, 2015

    Controlling the Script: The Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine

    By now, many have viewed with puzzled amusement the mega-macho images trotted out by Russian media outlets of President Vladimir Putin riding a Harley, winning hockey games, and playing with...

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  • Ned-Micro
    July 21, 2015

    The Authoritarian Challenge to Democratic Norms

    Following the euphoria of the Soviet Union’s collapse in the early 1990s, many policy makers and academics believed that democracy and respect for the rule-based international system progressively would establish...

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  • Ned-Micro
    June 2, 2015

    Iran’s Campaign Abroad to Conceal Cracks in the System at Home

    At a time when the Iranian government’s control over its own population is increasingly showing signs of wear, its international diplomatic and economic efforts to reshape global norms and institutions...

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  • Ned-Micro
    April 30, 2015

    Muddying the Waters: How Authoritarians Erode Election Observation Standards

    A fundamental tenet of democratic governance is the norm that government authority stems from the will of the people as expressed through free and fair elections, and, over time, norms...

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