April 2016 Issue Highlights

• Andrew Nathan ponders “The Puzzle of the Chinese Middle Class”—will Chinese citizens begin to push for democracy as they grow more affluent?
• In one of five essays on “Latin America’s New Turbulence,” Marcus André Melo discusses “Crisis and Integrity in Brazil,” a country where the rule of law remains strong, despite being roiled by corruption and protests.
• Igor Blaževič details “The Challenges Ahead” for Burma’s new government, now led by Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD, while other contributors to the set “Burma Votes for Change” examine the country’s new power configuration and popular attitudes toward democracy.
• Other essays cover Turkey’s two 2015 elections, “subnational democracy,” and Freedom House’s Freedom in the World survey for 2015.

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