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March 24, 2011
Thailand
Thailand: A Democratic Failure and Its Lessons for the Middle East
In this Markets and Democracy Brief, CFR’s Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes Thailand’s democratic failure and offers lessons from the Thai experience for new governments and reformers in the Middle East.
September 6, 2019
Zimbabwe
Good Riddance to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe
During his thirty-seven years in power in Zimbabwe, he committed virtually every human rights violation there is. His hands were awash in the blood of Zimbabweans. Fanning and exploiting racial and class differences, he destroyed the country’s economy, once on the cusp of being one of Africa’s most developed, driving out commercial white farmers. By the time he died, Zimbabwe was an international pariah, an economic basket case, and many or most of the country’s most educated and productive citizens had left the country.
August 14, 2023
Southeast Asia
The State of Democracy in Southeast Asia Is Bad and Getting Worse
By 2020, with the state of democracy already in dire shape, it seemed that things couldn’t get worse. And yet, in the past few years, they have.
March 18, 2011
Japan
Lessons for Japan in 2004 Tsunami
Japan bears only some resemblance to the Asian countries ravaged by the 2004 tsunami, but their recovery experiences could provide valuable insights to leaders in Tokyo, writes CFR’s Joshua Kurlantzi…
January 3, 2013
Political Movements
Democracy in Retreat
A thought-provoking study of democratization proposing that the spate of retreating democracies, one after another over the past two decades, is not just a series of exceptions.
March 17, 2010
Indonesia
Obama’s Missed Opportunity in Indonesia
President Obama must not let his postponed trip to Indonesia scuttle U.S. plans to forge a lasting strategic partnership with an emerging world power, writes CFR’s Joshua Kurlantzick.