1. Georgia?s democratic stalemate
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...ansition in the Former Soviet Union (Ashgate, 2005) The state of emergency imposed for nine days in November 2007, when opposition television channels were closed and opposition act...

2. Political Power in Africa
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...esidents who faced term limits heard strong calls from their supporters to find a way to stay in power. Nine of these chief executives—Kérékou of Benin, António Monteiro of ...

3. When will the Chinese People be Free?
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...quo; In 1995, about ten thousand were reported; a decade later the official figure had increased almost ninefold. Grievances are not in short supply. Although rural incomes have slowly grown, health a...

4. Venezuela: is Hugo Chávez in control?
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...awning bridges across the Orinoco river, a new "socialist city", a flyover to the airport and nine glimmering football stadia, created for the Copa America tournament of June-July 2007. Yet ...