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Rule of Law

A Good Democracy Is Hard to Find
- Thomas Carothers
- April 22, 2019
- Foreign Affairs
Sheri Berman’s substantial new history of democracy in Europe offers useful insights on the question of why democracy sometimes succeeds but often does not. Yet Western democracies are now experiencing tectonic shifts, and history offers only a limited guide to understanding their future.
- Op-Ed
Missing in Action: The Absence of Women Scholars on Foreign Policy Panels
- Federiga Bindi, Mimosa Giamanco
- April 09, 2019
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
A recent report by Women in International Security (WIIS) highlights expert-wise, only two out of the twenty-two think tanks have achieved gender parity among their scholars.
- Op-Ed
Why Is Trump Helping Egypt’s Dictator Entrench His Power?
- Michele Dunne
- April 08, 2019
- Politico
What the United States says and does still matters a great deal in Egypt, so supporting Sisi’s bid to stay in power for decades will certainly come back to haunt the United States.
- Op-Ed
Six Toxins That Weaken Democracy
- Moisés Naím
- April 04, 2019
- El País
Brexit has plunged the English political system into a deep crisis and Trump has transformed American politics and perhaps the world. They have similarities that reveal some important toxins that are undermining modern democracies.
- Strategic Europe
Erdoğan’s Four Challenges
- Marc Pierini
- April 04, 2019
Turkey’s president suffered a frustrating setback in local government elections as democratic resilience prevailed. Watch out for the impact on the economy, the rule of law, defense, and Syria.
Nigeria’s Small Businesses Want Government Help, But Corruption Is Draining It Away
- Matthew Page
- April 02, 2019
- Quartz Africa
The Nigerian government has rolled out big-budget programs with the stated aim of helping small businesspeople, but these schemes are more often used by corrupt officials to help themselves.
- Op-Ed
Indian Voters Are Looking For An Excuse To Back Modi. They May Have Found One.
- Milan Vaishnav
- April 01, 2019
- Washington Post
The ordinary voter still views Modi as a compelling leader who is personally incorruptible. Modi’s pitch this election season is simple: He needs more than a single, five-year term to undo 65 years of corruption and administrative rot.
- Paper
Egypt’s Political Exiles: Going Anywhere but Home
- Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy
- March 29, 2019
Egyptian exiles have faced stark difficulties in living abroad and trying to return home. Amid the government's consistent repression, they face painful choices about their future.
- Op-Ed
Does the Decline of U.S. Power Matter For the Middle East?
- Marc Lynch
- March 19, 2019
- Washington Post
As priorities diverge and the United States is dragged into peripheral battles, the deterioration of its Middle East alliance system can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Article
A Liberal-Centrist Vision for Europe?
- Richard Youngs, Camino Mortera-Martinez
- March 14, 2019
While the liberal-centrists style themselves as a progressive bulwark against populist-nativism, they have yet to develop a united vision for the future of European cooperation.

Democracy and Governance

Carnegie Experts on
Rule of Law

Cornelius Adebahr
Nonresident Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on European foreign policy.
Saskia Brechenmacher
Associate Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Saskia Brechenmacher is an associate fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where her research focuses on gender, conflict, and governance, as well as trends in civic activism and civil society repression.
Thomas Carothers
Senior Vice President for Studies
Carothers is a leading authority on international support for democracy, human rights, governance, the rule of law, and civil society.
Michele Dunne
Director and Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Dunne is an expert on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Steven Feldstein
Nonresident Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Steven Feldstein is a nonresident fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where he focuses on issues of democracy, technology, human rights, U.S. foreign policy, conflict trends, and Africa.
Amr Hamzawy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin.
John L. Holden
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Holden is a nonresident senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. He also advises corporations and other organizations on their operations in China and assists Chinese companies overseas.
Duncan Hollis
Nonresident Scholar
Cyber Policy Initiative
Duncan B. Hollis is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the James E. Beasley professor of law at Temple Law School, where he also serves as the associate dean for academic affairs.
Peter Kellner
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Kellner is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on Brexit, populism, and electoral democracy.
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. She was the founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project.
Andrew Miller
Nonresident Scholar
Middle East Program
Andrew Miller is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Marwan Muasher
Vice President for Studies
Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.
Matthew Page
Nonresident Scholar
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Matthew T. Page is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Yezid Sayigh
Senior Fellow
Middle East Center
Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of post-conflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
Aqil Shah
Nonresident Scholar
South Asia Program
Aqil Shah is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Paul Stronski
Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Milan Vaishnav
Director and Senior Fellow
South Asia Program
Vaishnav’s primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior.
Jake Walles
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Youngs is an expert on the foreign policy of the European Union, in particular on questions of democracy support.