Articles and Essays

McFaul in the Quad

The following are selected academic articles and policy essays.

All Academic Articles

Introduction: American and European Strategies to Promote Democracy—Shared Values, Common Challenges, Divergent Tools?

Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies

The Changing Character of the Global Struggle for Democracy

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World

The Missing Variable: The ‘International System’ as the Link between the Third and Fourth Waves Models of Democratization

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World

Engaging Autocrats (and Democrats) to Facilitate Democratic Transitions

Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy

Engaging Autocrats (and Democrats) to Facilitate Democratic Transitions

Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy

Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?

The Washington Quarterly

The Myth of the Authoritarian Model | How Putin's Crackdown Holds Russia Back

Foreign Affairs

Ukraine Imports Democracy: External Influences on the Orange Revolution

International Security

Are New Democracies War-Prone?

Journal of Democracy

Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia

Publius: A Journal of Federalism