Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII

...,” the end of the Cold War marked the end of thousands of years of ideological struggle, and the spread ... ... onset of the greatest global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression (barely managing to ... ... policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government ... ... just announced, will be pursued again. AP Even in Israel, considered a bastion of Western democracy in ... ..., ethnic, and religious tension, fears of Islamic terrorism, nativism, and demagogues become ever more ...