Annual print volume · 2025–2026

In This Volume

  • Letter from the Director
    Elton Skendaj · p. 3
  • Electoral Violence and Artificial Intelligence
    Gabriella Jensen, Phoebe Chambers, Alyssa Caver, Casey Knutson, Ayla Lunberry, Ellie Murphy, Yifan Qian, Professor Jeffrey Fischer· p. 4
  • Reimagining Civic Participation: Fan Communities, Celebrity Influence, and Democratic Stability
    Katie Zeng · p. 19
  • Elections without Integration: Elite Bargains, Armed Actors, and the Reproduction of Sectarianism in Post-2003 Iraq
    Raed Asad · p. 24
  • Russia’s Demobilization Dilemma and the “New Afgantsy”: Pressuring Russia’s Structural Dependence on War
    Zak Schneider · p. 29
  • Kleptocratic Equilibrium: Managing Democracy without Accountability, Lessons from Guatemala
    Henrique Arevalo · p. 34
  • Trianon Trauma: How Orban’s Retelling of History Affects Democratic Resilience
    Olivia Booth · p. 38
  • Program Highlights
    Elton Skendaj · p. 44

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