Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII
... financial and economic systems). Now, America’s first non-white president, Barack Obama, has encountered a level of obstructionism and partisanship from Congress unseen... ... left and drives its people further to the right. The assault on democratic norms in Turkey by its government is far worse. Still worse in that region, the Arab Spring has... ... pressures of EU policy, as racial, ethnic, and religious tension, fears of Islamic terrorism, nativism, and demagogues become ever more commonplace, it is terrifying to...