TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

Is Democracy in Decline?
Marc F. Plattner

Why Is Democracy Performing So Poorly?
Francis Fukuyama

The Weight of Geopolitics
Robert Kagan

Crisis and Transition, But Not Decline
Philippe C. Schmitter

The Myth of Democracy Recession
Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way

Democracy Aid at 25: Time to Choose
Thomas Carothers

Has the Door Closed on Arab Democracy?
Tarek Masoud

The Splintering of Postcommunist Europe
Alina Mungiu-Pippiidi

Africa's Waning Democratic Commitment
E. Gyimah-Boadi

Cross-Current in Latin America
Scott Mainwaring and Anibal Perez-Linan

India, Sri Lanka, and the Majoritarian Danger
Alfred Stepan

Facing Up to the Democratic Recession
Larry Diamond

THE AUTHORITARIAN RESURGENCE
China's Challenge
Andrew J. Nathan

Russia's Political System: Imperialism and Decay
Lilia Shevtsova

BOOK REVIEW
Micknik's Homage to Havel
Carl Gershman