i was reading this article and wondered whether there has ever been a case of revolutionary contagion. whether the "domino theory" in vietnam or the "democratic wave" that the u.s. invasion of iraq would allegedly cause, it seems like this is a phenomenon that is often anticipated but never actually happens.
then i started tapping out this post on my phone and realized that i already read a post by stephen walt about this very topic.
so there you go.
