In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa’s political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the path of independence.

Wei-Ting Yen is an assistant research fellow at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica. She studies democratic ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

ABSTRACT: This study examined how individual idiosyncrasies affect the foreign policy of states using Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin as a case study. It explored the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Sunday’s edition of “All INdiana Politics,” News 8’s Garrett Bergquist speaks with Sen. Todd Young, who says he’s confident President Donald Trump will take steps to prevent a ...

Abstract: This paper examines the hypothesis that the national funding of science is a product of the process of governance. In support of this idea comparative theories of national governance are ...

ABSTRACT: To govern, minority presidents in fragmented parliaments deploy both formal and informal coalition-building methods. While the former involves endowments such as agenda-setting power, the ...

If the state of the world feels like more than you can handle, you’re not alone. Political conflict and divisive news cycles can take a toll on mental health, leading to increased stress, anxiety, and ...

Research on the international dimension of authoritarianism and democratization has focused on patron-client interaction. This article identifies a specific type of international involvement that is ...

The world price of oil is in constant flux, but countries respond to this reality in very different ways. Some heavily regulate the degree to which world prices “pass-through” to the price of gasoline ...

University of Southampton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Billionaires played an unprecedented role in the 2024 US elections, with 150 of the world’s wealthiest families ...