Ousting Foreign Strongmen: Lessons from Serbia

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Ousting Foreign Strongmen: Lessons from Serbia

By Thomas Carothers

Published on May 17, 2001

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About the Author

Thomas Carothers

Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Thomas Carothers, a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, is a leading expert on comparative democratization and international support for democracy.

Recent Work

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Paper
America Walks Away from Global Democracy
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Political Reform Democracy Foreign Policy United States Eastern Europe

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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