US President Donald Trumps most trenchant critics are not to be found on the political left. The most effective assaults are coming from the political right, where "Never Trumpers"...
messages.detailsIf Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while cooperating with
messages.detailsEven if Western leaders manage to limit the COVID-19 outbreaks immediate fallout, it will mean little without forward-looking efforts to strengthen liberal-democratic systems from within. Such a failure would could well amount to handing China victory in
messages.detailsThe failure to protect minority rights is a readily understood consequence of the political logic behind the emergence of democracy.
messages.detailsThese days, liberal democracy and authoritarianism seem to be engaged in a process of competitive decay, the outcome of which remains uncertain.
messages.detailsVoters who support populist parties and leaders are making political choices that they know to be risky because they feel as though they have nothing to lose.
messages.detailsThe hubris of much liberal legal thinking has been to assume that once a rule-of-law regime is in place, it will be almost perpetually self-sustaining.
messages.detailst has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and despite significant progress toward improving life expectancy and boosting incomes around the world
messages.detailsThe prospect of a President Donald Trump has gone from preposterous speculation to terrifying possibility
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