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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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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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Read Justin Kempf’s essay “The Revolution Will Be Podcasted.”
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Photo by Michael Savidge via Wikimedia
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
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Jonathan Blitzer. Photo Credit: Thea Traff
Jonathan Blitzer is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He won a 2017 National Award for Education Reporting for “American Studies,” a story about an underground school for undocumented immigrants. His writing and reporting have also appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Atavist, Oxford American, and The Nation. He is an Emerson Fellow at New America. His most recent book is Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.
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U.S – Mexico Border in San Diego. Photo by Amyyfory via Wikimedia Commons
By David Bernell and Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Retired)
There are many things we have learned since Donald Trump declared in 2015 that he was running for president. One of them is that no election in which Donald Trump is involved is normal. The election in 2024 is the fifth (including midterm elections) in which the man will be unequivocally in the middle of things. So at this point, the one thing we should not be surprised by is…more surprises.
The situation that has emerged recently is that Congress has been work ..read more
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Adem Abebe is a senior advisor on constitution-building processes at International IDEA. He supports transitions from conflict and authoritarianism to peace and democracy, generates cutting edge knowledge, convenes platforms for dialogue and advocates for change. Adem is also Vice President of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers, which promotes democratic constitutionalism across the continent.
This episode was made in partnership with the Constitution Building Programme at International IDEA
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Tomás Daly is a Professor at Melbourne Law School and Director of the Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) platform at www.democratic-decay.org. His new project on ‘constitutional repair’ addresses a pressing question: how can a democracy be repaired after being deeply degraded, but not ended, during a period of anti-democratic government?
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