*Preview* Riley's Festive Commie Book Club: 'The End of the Transition Paradigm'

In a preview of this week's particularly festive bonus, Riley reviews the academic paper 'The End of the Transition Paradigm' by Thomas Carothers. Riley discusses international relations as a discipline, his takes on some core assumptions of the genre, how it's influenced modern politics in the general Atlantic region, and much more. You can read the article in its entirety here: https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/sites/default/files/Carothers-13-1.pdf and then tell Riley why, actually, he's wrong. If you want to listen to the episode in its entirety, click here and sign up to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rileys-festive-23268870   Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, which we strongly recommend.