Will the Rise of Populism Destroy Liberal Democracy?
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This is not a moment to take democracy for granted. The 2016 emergence of Donald Trump and his populist counterparts in Europe didn’t signal the start of something new. Rather, they announced a long simmering, troubling trend away from liberal democracy in the United States and elsewhere. How did we get here? How are Western values shifting? What might the future hold?
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Jane HarmanPresident and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; T... -
Steve ClemonsEditor in Chief, AtlanticLIVE; Washington Editor at Large, The Atlanti... -
Michael McFaulProfessor of Political Science, Director, and Senior Fellow, Freeman S... -
Peter WittigAmbassador to the United States, Embassy of the Republic of Germany
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