Working with Congress can be harder than incoming presidents expect. Here's hard-won advice from past administrations.

The world has 55 dictatorships — and 11 autocrats age 69 or older.

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Healthy democracies keep a clear line between civilians and military. Autocracies don't.

Trump may not be a “true” conservative, but they hope he will listen more than establishment Republicans have.

Citizen forecasts outperformed the polls.

Indonesia's notorious Suharto regime shows what can happen when a president bends the rules to help his family members' business interests.

  • Thomas Pepinsky
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Al Gore, Hubert Humphrey and many others have been in her position. Here's why.

"Majoritarian" elections have their drawbacks — just ask Greece.

  • Neophytos Loizides, Iosif Kovras
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  • Explainer, Italy
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Instability in Italy could spark market panic

  • Stathis N. Kalyvas, Paris Aslanidis
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Keeping the U.S. sanctions in place is unlikely to democratize Cuba, as Obama recognized. But neither is lifting them.

  • Dawn Brancati, Javier Corrales
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  • Cuba, Explainer
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