Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII
... prevent the onset of the greatest global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression (barely managing to address it ... ... systems). Now, America’s first non-white president, Barack Obama, has encountered a level of obstructionism and partisanship ... ... economic policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government may possibly ... ... policy, as racial, ethnic, and religious tension, fears of Islamic terrorism, nativism, and demagogues become ever more commonplace,...