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The website Democracy Paradox is a platform that explores the intricacies of democracy beyond just elections. It features articles and podcasts that delve into various aspects of democracy, including political systems, democratic institutions, and current events.
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Representative Mikie Sherrill represents the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey. She sits on the Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, and the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval Academy, a Master’s degree in Global History from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Law degree from Georgetown University. She is a military veteran with almost ten years of active duty servi ..read more
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Saskia Brechenmacher is a fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. Recently, she coauthored a new book with Katherine Mann called Aiding Empowerment: Democracy Promotion and Gender Equality in Politics.
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Bruce Ackerman is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. He is well known as a legal scholar and a political philosopher. His most recent book is The Postmodern Predicament: Existential Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.
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Adam E. Casey is an analyst in the United States government. He wrote Up in Arms: How Military Aid Stabilizes―and Destabilizes―Foreign Autocrats while he was a research fellow at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. All the content in the book and this interview reflects the views of the author and does not reflect the position of any US government agency or department, nor does it assert or imply US government authentication of information or endorsement of the author’s views.
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Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. Her new book Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.
This episode was made in partnership with the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
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Seize Russian Assets and Send the Money to Ukraine
By David Bernell and Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Retired)
The war in Ukraine is changing. Russia is seeing gains, and Ukraine is facing increasing challenges and shortages, particularly with regard to soldiers and weapons, which have resulted in the recent loss of territorial control to the Russian army, including the city of Avdiivka in late February.
The United States and its NATO allies have been sending arms to Ukraine since the start of the war, and this aid has proved to be decisive in Ukraine’s defense. But the U.S., which has been ..read more
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Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University where he co-directs the Arena Initiative. His past books include Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This is Not Propaganda. His most recent book is called How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler.
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Yana Gorokhovskaia is the Research Director at Freedom House and one of the lead authors of this year’s Freedom in the World report titled, The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict.
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Without an elected government, without a government that truly represents… a lot of things are imperi ..read more
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Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has served as President and CEO of New America and the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently a staff writer at The New Yorker. His most recent book is The Achilles’ Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq.
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By Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Retired). and David Bernell
“The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the States,” said Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on January 24, 2024. His claim is that the Biden Administration has failed to carry out the requirements of the Constitution, which says that the federal government will protect states from “invasion” (Article 4, Section 4). The Governor’s statement said that because President Biden has refused to aid Texas in repelling an “invasion” from the southern border, this has tri ..read more