Işıl Aral. “International Lawyers as Hope Mongers: How Did We Come to Believe That Democracy Was Here to Stay?” Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d’histoire du droit international, vol. 26, no. 2 (2024): 161-188.
This article examines how the widespread concern over democratic backsliding stems from unrealistic expectations shaped by the progress narrative of democratic governance, analyzing how scholars’ use of Cold War and post-Cold War periodization constructed a belief in inevitable democratic consolidation that does not align with current realities.