List of Democracy articles
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Members of the National Guard rest in the Capitol Visitor’s Center on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Jan 13. Democracy at Home and Democracy Promotion Abroad Aren’t the Same
Hypocrisy has long been a component of U.S. foreign policy. The Capitol riot doesn’t change that.
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The U.S. Capitol, behind security fencing, on Jan. 10, 2021 in Washington. A Chastened America Will Be Better at Preaching Abroad
There’s never been a better time for the United States to promote democracy around the world.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on March 19, 2019. Bolsonaro Is Following Trump’s Anti-Democracy Playbook
Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” is laying the groundwork to discredit his country’s electoral process.
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Donald Trump shouts at members of the media as he returns to the White House on October 3, 2019 in Washington. How to Know You’ve Lost Your Grip on Reason
Five warning signs that your political views no longer fulfill the most basic of democratic criteria.
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Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington. The Trump Mob Combined the Worst of Left And Right
The president’s supporters are full of sound and fury, signifying far less than they claim.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Our Top Weekend Reads
An opportunity for Biden, populism’s online fires, and the need for transitional justice.
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Members of the Swat team patrol and secure the Statuary Hall before U.S. Vice President makes his way into the House Chamber, at the U.S. Capitol, on the morning of Jan. 7 hours after a mob invaded the building. Will the World Take the United States Seriously After the Capitol Invasion?
After a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress, Americans might have a harder time accomplishing their diplomatic goals from Europe to China.
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses his supporters at a rally near the White House in Washington before the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Invoke the 25th Amendment—Now
Trump’s actions on Wednesday have led to an unavoidable national reckoning.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen through a damaged entrance of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 7. America Can’t Promote Democracy Abroad. It Can’t Even Protect It at Home.
Wednesday’s failed insurrection shows how the global ambitions of foreign-policy elites are divorced from reality—and undermined by domestic dysfunction.
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Pro-Trump rioters clash with police and security forces as they storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. America, Welcome to the Ranks of Struggling Democracies
What needs to happen next if U.S. democracy is to survive.
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A protester holds a Trump flag inside the U.S. Capitol building near the Senate chamber in Washington on Jan. 6. The Founding Fathers Didn’t See This Coming
The U.S. Constitution is breaking down in ways that its designers recognized from history—and thought they had guarded against.
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Belarusian police guard a government building during a protest rally against police violence in central Minsk on Aug. 14. Cracks Appear Among Lukashenko’s Security Forces
Signs that the Belarusian dictator’s days in power might be numbered have emerged in his security apparatus.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Democracies Need a United Strategy Against China
“America first” doesn’t work against a global opponent.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump Democracy Is Still Not Safe in the United States
Recreating democratic values means ditching the excuse of tradition.
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Members of the Cameroonian Gendarmerie patrol in the Omar Bongo Square of Cameroon's majority Anglophone Southwest province capital Buea on Oct. 3, 2018. Cameroon’s Government Is Deceiving the West While Diverting Foreign Aid
Paul Biya’s regime is ignoring the battle against Boko Haram and the Islamic State and using foreign counterterrorism assistance to fund its brutal repression of citizens with legitimate grievances.
