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Democracy is backsliding. Valery Perry joins us to discuss threats abroad—and here at home. With one in three global elections contested and turnout falling, democracy is in retreat. Valery Perry, ...

The philosopher Hannah Arendt once dryly noted: “truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other” (1961, p. 227) No kidding. Right now, truth and politics in the U.S. seem to be not only on ...

Support and expertise for nascent and recovering democracies abroad can complement military and economic aid. The Trump administration has had a busy first nine months in office on the world stage.

No paid actors. No buses rolled in from Washington. Saturday’s “Hands Off” demonstration in Fort Wayne was not just a protest against the administration’s policies. It was a defense of democratic ...

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“Let me tell you about the very rich,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. “They are different from you and me.” Sure, Ernest Hemingway supposedly countered: “They have more money.” But to many today, that is ...

Kenya holds regular elections, has dozens of registered political parties, and prides itself on a competitive multiparty democracy. Yet beneath this apparent vibrancy lies a persistent weakness. Most ...