Tag: Joshua Kurlantzick

Numerous mutually reinforcing factors are combining to push democracy into worldwide decline

Democracy is in a profound state of crisis, writes Joshua Kurlantzick, and is in retreat in many parts of the world. Here he outlines the implications of this worrying trend, which could include the proliferation and return of authoritarian governments. However, even in established democracies, democracy is losing favour with the middle classes which sustain it.  […]