Tom Carothers finds many clouds, but a small silver lining.

Enfranchising the military - showed me how little I know about Tunisia.

Tom Carothers of @CarnegieEndow is not too gloomy.

"2015 was the 10th consecutive year of decline in global freedom."

Tom Carothers casts a cold eye.

Ivan Krastev draws lessons from 1851.

Several different answers.

Clear analysis from @PippaN15.

Thomas Carothers / @CarnegieEndow assesses the picture.

Pessimistic take from @David_K_Clark.

The European Endowment for Democracy

Thomas Carothers reflects on the post-election situation. "Finding ways to encourage autocratic allies to respond more productively to impulses for positive political change in their own societies is not easy given the varied interests at stake, but it is not impossible."