CDDRL research efforts produce studies which are published as occasional papers, working and discussion papers, and books.
Faculty and research associates also publish widely outside CDDRL, in both scholarly journals and books, and in the mainstream press.
Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research
Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs, Jeremy M. Weinstein
The National Academies Press (2008)

The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
Larry Diamond
Times Books (2008) 
The Shadow of Enlargement: Can the European Neighbourhood Policy Achieve Compliance?
Amichai Magen
The Columbia Journal of European Law vol. 12, 2 (2006) 
Morocco's Elections: The Limits of Limited Reforms
Michael A. McFaul, Tamara Wittes
Journal of Democracy vol. 19, 1 (2008) 
Myth of the Authoritarian Model, The
Michael A. McFaul, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
Foreign Affairs vol. 87, 1 (2008) 
Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?
Michael A. McFaul, Francis Fukuyama
Washington Quarterly (2007) 
More Featured Publications from CDDRL
- The Fear Factor: Putin's Political Legacy
Michael A. McFaul
Newsweek (2008)
- The Right Way to Engage Iran
Michael A. McFaul, Abbas Milani
The Washington Post (2007)
- Small Democratic Step
Michael A. McFaul
Moscow Times (2007)

- New Russia, new threat
Michael A. McFaul
Los Angeles Times (2007)
- President Putin's Third Term: Russia is a democracy in name only
Reuben F. Johnson
The Weekly Standard vol. 12 (2007)
Recently Added Publications
- The End of Easy Oil: Estimating Average Production Costs for Oil Fields around the World
Christine Jojarth
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #72 (2008)
- The Rule of Law and Its Promotion Abroad: Three Problems of Scope
Amichai Magen
Stanford Journal of International Law vol. 45, 1 (2008)
Democratic Rollback: The Resurgence of the Predatory State
Larry Diamond
Foreign Affairs (2008)
Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?
James Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel N. Posner, Jeremy M. Weinstein
American Political Science Review vol. 101, 4 (2007)
International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law
Amichai Magen, Leonardo Morlino
Routledge (2008)
- McFaul interview by Iran Emrooz
Soheila Vahdati
Iran Emrooz (2008)
The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform: The Experiences of Five Major Developing Countries
Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor
Cambridge University Press (2007)
Transformative Engagement Through Law: The Acquis Communautaire as an Instrument of EU External Influence
Amichai Magen
European Journal of Law Reform vol. 9, 3 (2007)
- Why a Democratic Russia Should Join NATO
Michael A. McFaul, Leonid Gozman
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2006)
International Law, Fifth Edition
Barry E. Carter, Phillip R. Trimble, Allen S. Weiner
Aspen Publishers (2007)








