Table of Contents

The Populist Challenge to Liberal Democracy
William A. Galston

China in Xi's "New Era"
I. The Return to Personalistic Rule
Susan L. Shirk

II. A Play for Global Leadership
Minxin Pei

III. Redefining Development
Shanthi Kalathil

IV. Overstepping Down Under
John Fitzgerald

V. New Zealand and the CCP's "Magic Weapons"
Anne-Marie Brady

VI. Singapore and Goliath?
Donald K. Emmerson

VII. Forging a New "Eastern Bloc"
Martin Hala

VIII. A Neglected Democratic Heritage
Orville Schell

The Undemocratic Dilemma
Yascha Mounk

Brazil: The Costs of Multiparty Presidentialism
Eduardo Mello and Matias Spektor

The Freedom House Survey for 2017
Democracy Beleaguered
Michael J. Abramowitz and Sarah Repucci

Macedonia: A New Beginning?
Besir Ceka

Kenya's Electoral Misfire
Michael Chege

Books in Review
Iran's Exclusionary Republic
Ladan Boroumand