Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII
... fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, the United States seemed poised to dominate the world for ... ... onset of the greatest global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression (barely managing to ... ... effectively deal with conflict in Libya, Ukraine, and Syria, all within or near its periphery. The situation ... ... policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government ... ... to the right. The assault on democratic norms in Turkey by its government is far worse. Still worse ...