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Sep 2023
38m 22s

The Democracy Dilemma

Foreign Policy
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Democracies are in decline around the world. What can be done to strengthen democratic institutions? At the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, host Ravi Agrawal sat down with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa; Freedom House President Mike Abramowitz; and Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Suggested reading and listening:

Hélène Landemore: More Power to More People

Shadi Hamid: Lessons for the Next Arab Spring

Michael Hirsh: Trump’s Trials Are America’s Stress Test

Disinformation, Intimidation, and Other Threats to Press Freedom

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