Around the World, Rigged Elections Are Very Real and Very Violent

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In The Media

Around the World, Rigged Elections Are Very Real and Very Violent

Trust in democracy and its institutions are essential to the democratic process making recent campaign rhetoric in the United States regarding rigged elections all the more troubling.

By Michele Dunne

Published on Oct 21, 2016

Source: WNYC’s The Takeaway

Speaking with WNYC’s The Takeaway, Carnegie’s Michele Dunne discusses the importance of trust in the institutions of democracy and how it is being discussed in the 2016 US election.

This interview originally aired on WNYC.

About the Author

Michele Dunne

Former Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program

Michele Dunne was a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Recent Work

Research
Islamic Institutions in Arab States: Mapping the Dynamics of Control, Co-option, and Contention
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From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States
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Political Reform Democracy Security Civil Society Middle East North Africa

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