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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).
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).
Democracy is Down, But Not Out
“During 2020, democracy retreated for the 15th consecutive year, deteriorating in 73 countries and improving in only 28...reversing this decline will require established democracies to play both defense and offense, bolstering democracy where it is under siege and challenging the anti-democratic message of the world’s authoritarian powers” (Stewart M. Patrick, 2021).
How to Put Out Democracy's Dumpster Fire
“Tocqueville reckoned that the true success of democracy in America rested not on the grand ideals expressed on public monuments or even in the language of the Constitution...by contrast, Americans worked together...in the nearly two centuries that have passed since Tocqueville wrote these words, many of those institutions and habits have deteriorated or disappeared.” (Applebaum and Pomerantsev, 2021).
Trump Is Gone, but Democracy Is in Trouble
“The United States has, for now, pulled back from the brink...although the current state of the Republican Party is deeply worrying, the party’s next presidential nominee may yet turn out to be a conventional conservative. In the meantime, the new administration is doing its best to reestablish America’s claim as the leader of the free world.” (Yascha Mounk, 2021).
Why Is China Still Going After Hong Kong So Hard?
“Why is Beijing still going after Hong Kong so hard when the repression generates pushback from much of the world? One explanation is that there is a gap between China’s national interests and the personal ambitions of its leader, Xi Jinping” (Yi-Zheng Lian, 2021).
Desperate Times, Creative Measures
“Reforming the current Republican Party would mean a million grass-roots battles to retake the base. Understandable that people would just prefer to start a new movement...but you could never create a massive 50-state party structure, with enough voters willing to make the very large decision of abandoning the party they’ve identified with forever” (Collins and Stephens, 2021).
The Murderous Monarch
“In making the intelligence conclusions public with only minimal redactions, the administration did what should have been done a long time ago...Mr. Khashoggi, a critic of the crown prince living in exile and writing for The Washington Post, was lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, and there he was killed and dismembered by a team of Saudi assassins” (NYT Editorial Board, 2021).
A Radical Proposal for True Democracy
“You’ve heard people say, “We’re a republic, not a democracy.” Landemore’s challenge is this: What if we were a democracy? We honor those who came before us for radically reimagining who could govern, and how politics could work. But did they really discover the terminal state of democracy? Or are there bold steps left for us to take?” (Ezra Klein, 2021).
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