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... ... regional refugee and economic policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government may possibly come to control France... ... 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...