Research shows that dictators purge (military) elites following coups, while other work
shows the utility of analyzing individual-level elite purges to understand the inner workings …

The scholarly debate on the durability of autocracies is vivid. It has explored a broad
spectrum of regime types and respective sources and mechanisms of regime survival. A bias …

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has brought with it
catastrophic suffering for the people touched by this brutal assault, triggering an enormous …

Why have Gulf resource-dependent countries transformed the role of their sovereign wealth
funds (SWFs) from passive global investors to ubiquitous drivers of economic development …

A large body of scholarship shows that autocrats can use corruption strategically to
strengthen their political hold, such as by distributing rents to their supporters. However, this …

What effect does power personalization have on authoritarian policy outcomes? While
existing literature expects personalist rulers to substitute private handouts or personal whims …

This article draws on Max Weber's account of legitimate authority to argue that there are
three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in political regimes: the …

Evidence points to an increasing personalisation of political power by chief executives in
recent years. It is often argued that such personalisation contributes to the current trend of …

El artículo examina la transformación de Nicaragua hacia un régimen sultanista. Describir
los desarrollos nicaragüenses en 2023 desde la perspectiva sultanista es útil para entender …

Who does a personalist authoritarian ruler designate as their successor, and what makes
the transition of presidency to them peaceful in the short term? This article argues that these …