New Foreign Affairs article

The Limits of Election Monitoring: What Independent Observation Can (and Can’t) Do.

With Susan Hyde. Foreign Affairs, June 29, 2011


Summary: When Tunisia and Egypt hold elections this fall, international election monitors will face pressure to validate the results as a proof that the Arab Spring is yielding democratic dividends. They must resist that pressure — both to maintain their independence and convince Egyptians and Tunisians of it.