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The United States Must Marshal the "Free World"
“The “un-free” world seeks to undermine international norms, Western liberal values, and democracy itself...Biden will need to marshal the very strengths that define democratic government if he is to both mend domestic wounds and temper the threats that face democracies globally” (Alexander Vindman, 2020).
Responding to Terrorism in France
“In the wake of two horrific incidents of Islamist terrorism in France, President Emmanuel Macron and many of his countrymen have reacted angrily to criticism from abroad suggesting that French policies, and especially the French version of state-enforced secularism, somehow contributed to the lethal radicalization of a sliver of the country’s large Muslim population” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
A Return to Decency
“American democracy was challenged by Mr. Trump at its very heart — respect for truth — and resisted”. When Joe Biden takes office, “decency will return to the White House, a fundamental moral shift. Dictators the world over will no longer have carte blanche to do their worst unchallenged” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
Humans Can Help Clean Up Facebook and Twitter
“On Facebook and Twitter, the most inflammatory, unreliable and divisive posts are shared and too often believed more readily than those with verifiable facts...it’s apparent that much more needs to be done to rapidly and more consistently stop the proliferation of bad info, year round and globally” (Greg Bensinger, 2020).
How to Save Democracy from Technology
The rise of giant internet platforms “should ring alarm bells—not just because they hold so much economic power but also because they wield so much control over political communication. These behemoths now dominate the dissemination of information and the coordination of political mobilization. That poses unique threats to a well-functioning democracy” (Francis Fukuyama, 2020).
Democracy contains the seeds of its own recovery
“The threat is not from military coups but governments in power. Given time, unscrupulous leaders can hollow out democracy completely….even in countries where such a calamity is unthinkable, the erosion of norms and institutions leads to worse government. To reverse this, you have to understand what has gone wrong” (The Economist, 2020).
Cooperative Cooperation is Possible Between China and the U.S.
Regarding China and the U.S., “each side must accurately assess the other’s intentions. China does not want to replace U.S. dominance in the world. Nor does China need to worry about the United States changing China’s system...it would be a tragedy...if two countries of such power moved toward confrontation” (Fu Ying, 2020).
Democratic Source Code for a New U.S.-EU Tech Alliance
“The pandemic has fueled data processing in contact-tracing apps; exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains; created new dependencies in classrooms and boardrooms on video communications technologies; and powered a spike in anti-vaxxer disinformation, QAnon conspiracy theories and radicalization” (Marietje Schaake and Tyson Barker, 2020).
Democracy In The Times Of Corona
The Embassy of Sweden to the Republic of Korea and International IDEA co-organized a webinar on 9 June 2020 to examine the pandemic’s potential consequences for democracy worldwide using the case studies of Australia, the Republic of Korea and Sweden. (IDEA, 2020).
The transatlantic relationship and European strategic autonomy
“Discussions on European strategic autonomy have increased in their intensity, with its most ardent supporters seeing a window of opportunity to be seized as Trump seemed to be de-coupling the US from Europe. Still, others held their breath for a renewal of the transatlantic bond once Trump left” (Courtney 2020).
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