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Rising to the Challenge of China
“When it comes to China...Mr. Trump was a disastrous leader in so many ways, but he is widely seen as having correctly diagnosed the problem with China, even as he bungled the solution. Mr. Biden, who understands the importance of allies, has a far better chance of getting it right” (Farah Stockman, 2021).
The Misinformation Campaign Was Distinctly One-Sided
“Tech companies...recognize that inaction toward certain crucial types of misinformation puts them at greater risk of regulation...yet, if any single platform acts too forcefully, it risks provoking the wrath of the hyper-partisan influencers...Social-media companies find themselves in the position of having to act decisively and collectively—and yet, collective action begets further allegations of collusion” (Renée DiResta, 2021).
The Real Guardrails of Democracy Are Its Citizens
“A citizenry with less interest in power than in preserving democracy is the safeguard of last resort...the problem of polarization in the United States began not with voters but with political elites who drove their bases to extremes. The more directly responsive government can be made to the people, the safer democracy will be” (Jonathan Schlefer, 2021).
Trump and the Trapped Country
“If the fear behind the strongman thesis was the eclipse of democracy, we still have reason for concern—less because of a tyrant looming on the right than because of a paralysis of political agency across the board. The signal quality of Trump’s Presidency was not how unusual it was but how emblematic it was” (Corey Robin, 2021).
How to Renew America's Democracy
“The task of fixing America’s democracy enmeshes both voting in the Senate and voting in the country at large. When politics is infected by bad faith, that can make the situation worse. If the rules of politics became the main field of combat, the system itself could come to seem even more illegitimate to voters” (The Economist, 2021).
Young Belarusians Dream of Creating a Normal European Country
“Lukashenko proved able to ignore the objections of his people and the international community...the crowds began to winnow, the eyes of the world turned to the next crisis, and the government returned to its policy of savage violence, with opposition supporters beaten to death by goon squads, and leaders kidnapped and threatened with death” (Daniel Polansky, 2021).
Beyond Ego and Alter: Enlarged Democratic Deliberation
“This article addresses a specific objection to deliberative democracy” that argues “deliberative democracy is a naive project, impotent in the face of the dynamics of power prevailing in real politics” and counters that “ deliberative democracy can increase its effectiveness in the face of actors who...reject democratic deliberation” (Piromalli, 2021).
Democracy Report 2021. Autocratization Turns Viral
"Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020." This report details the state of democracy in 2020 and presents data for democratically advancing and declining states around the world and global challenges.
Populism, nationalism and revisionist foreign policy
“This article introduces a framework for mapping the effects of populism and nationalism in foreign policy”, and “concludes that nationalism has greater destructive effects for the international system when combined with populism.” (International Affairs, Volume 97, Issue 2, March 2021, Pages 323–343).
Democracy on the Defense
“With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that it was naive to expect democracy to spread to all corners of the world. The authoritarian turn of recent years reflects the flaws and failings of democratic systems” (Yascha Mounk, 2021).
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