Democracy in Decline

In the decade following the Cold War, democracy flourished around the world as never be-fore. In recent years, however, much of this progress has steadily eroded. Between 2000 and 2015, democracy broke down in 27 countries, among them Kenya, Russia, Thailand, and Turkey. Around the same time, several other global “swing states” - countries that, thanks to their large populations and economies, could have an outsize impact on the future of global democracy - also took a turn for the worse. In nearly half of them, political liberties, as measured by the US nonprofit Freedom House, contracted.

"Democracy in Decline" is from the July/August 2016 issue of Foreign Affairs.

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