In Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg have seen significant protests in recent days since the Dec. 4 elections to the State Duma. People have taken to the streets to demonstrate against what they see as an undemocratic government stricken by corruption and having no accountability to the population. The political scientist Thomas Carothers has termed such regimes “dominant-power systems,” [...]
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Arab Spring, American Fall, now a Russian Winter?
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