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Gender Inclusion
Argues that proxy voting, a system by which lawmakers can designate someone else to vote on their behalf, can help increase gender equity in government.
“American Political Parties Must Do More to Get Women in Government,” The Hill, March 2018.
Argues that the U.S. parties can improve women’s representation in government by borrowing and adapting European approaches.
Contends that to accelerate the pace of political inclusion in the U.S., reformers could learn from European experiences and push for measures that tackle broader institutional barriers to women’s equal political representation.
Argues that as more women enter politics, societies and political institutions must change their practices to make women’s engagement sustainable.
“Here’s Why Closing the Foreign Policy Gender Gap Matters,” New America Weekly, March 2017.
Warns that if women continue to be underrepresented in foreign policy circles, governments risk missing important empirical insights regarding the importance of gender in national security issues.
Civil Society
Proposes strategies for civil society to defend itself against attack from hostile governments and exclusionary populist movements and leaders.
Argues that civil society’s legitimacy is shaped by who composes it, what they do, how they conduct their work, who they form networks with, and their impact.
Explaining Civil Society Legitimacy, Carnegie Endowment, May 2018 (co-edited with Thomas Carothers).
Proposes strategies for civic actors to build and defend their legitimacy in the face of increasing attacks by hostile governments.
Assesses how illiberal regimes are shrinking civic space and how civil society can respond.
Examines closing civic space, its consequences, and Western policy responses in Russia, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
Assesses the scope and causes of the global pushback against democracy and rights support and outlines potential responses.
Transparency and Accountability
Proposes a new agenda for policymakers and activists working on strengthening governments’ fiscal accountability and justice.
Summarizes the perspectives of a group of experts who explored the key challenges facing future fiscal accountability work
Argues that practitioners seeking to improve fiscal transparency and accountability must update the foundational assumptions of their field and evaluate the implications of a changing global context for their programming.
Probes the apparent consensus around four core development principles.
The State of Democracy
“Democratic Distress in Europe and the USA: A Transatlantic Malaise?” openDemocracy, July 2018.
Analyzes growing levels of distrust in democratic institutions in the US and Europe.
Comparing Democratic Distress in the United States and Europe, Carnegie Endowment, June 2018.
Compares and assesses similarities and differences in the challenges facing U.S. and European democracies.
“Ghana’s Vaulted Electoral Process Under Stress,” Carnegie Endowment, December 2016.
Examines the limits of Ghana’s democratic gains.
Security
Argues against a purely military solution for the crisis in Nigeria, and instead proposes broader demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration strategy.
"Trump’s War on Terror,” National Interest, October 2017 (co-authored with Steven Feldstein).
Warns against forgetting key counterterrorism lessons from previous administrations.