What Venezuela Can Learn From Other Post-Authoritarian Transitions

Venezuela is not the first country to face the question of how to move from authoritarian rule to democracy. It will not be the last.

Patterns worth studying

Transitions succeed when they combine accountability with stability, when they protect the losers of the old order enough to give them a stake in the new one, and when they keep promises they can actually deliver.

The goal is a transition that lasts, not one that feels good for a month.

Venezuela’s future will be its own. But it doesn’t have to invent everything from scratch.