Articles and Essays

McFaul in the Quad

The following are selected academic articles and policy essays.

All Academic Articles

Iran's peculiar election: Chinese Dreams, Persian Realities

Journal of Democracy

Transitions from Postcommunism

Journal of Democracy

The Liberty Doctrine: Reclaiming the Purpose of American Power

Policy Review

The Fourth Wave of Democracy and Dictatorship: Noncooperative Transitions in the Postcommunist World

World Politics

Yeltsin's Legacy

The Wilson Quarterly

Institutional Design, Uncertainty, and Path Dependency during Transitions: Cases from Russia

Constitutional Political Economy

Lessons from Russia's Protracted Transition from Communist Rule

Political Science Quarterly

Russia's "Privatized' State as an Impediment to Democratic Consolidation (Part II)

Security Dialogue

Russia's "Privatized" State as an Impediment to Democratic Consolidation (Part I)

Security Dialogue

The Precarious Peace: Domestic Politics in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy

International Security