In: Politics

Democratic Recession

The liberal world order finds itself increasingly under attack. Nationalism, populism, authoritarianism and tribal politics, long thought to be relics of the past, are experiencing a massive comeback. These summaries will help you make sense of this worrying trend.

Summaries

9 Article

The Constitution of Knowledge
Jonathan Rauch
National Affairs, 2018
8 Book

Can It Happen Here?
Authoritarianism in America
Cass R. Sunstein
Dey Street, 2018
8 Book

Imperial Gamble
Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War
Marvin Kalb
Brookings Institution Press, 2015
8 Book

Winter Is Coming
Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
Garry Kasparov
Public Affairs, 2015
9 Book

The Digital Republic
On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century
Jamie Susskind
Pegasus Books, 2022
8 Article

Global Migration Drives Global Democracy
How Workers Abroad Weaken Dictators Back Home
Abel Escribà-Folch et al.
Foreign Affairs, 2021
9 Article

The Digital Dictators
How Technology Strengthens Autocracy
Andrea Kendall-Taylor et al.
Foreign Affairs, 2020
9 Article

Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Yuval Noah Harari
The Atlantic, 2018
8 Book

Should We Fear Russia?
Dmitri Trenin
Polity Press, 2016
8 Book

The Despot's Accomplice
How the West Is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
Brian Klaas
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Article

How America Lost Faith in Expertise
And Why That's a Giant Problem
Tom Nichols
Foreign Affairs, 2017
9 Report

Democracy Index 2016
Revenge of the “Deplorables”
The Economist Intelligence Unit
EIU, 2017