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Some, of course, may fear a loss of democratic accountability.
In Germany in the 1950s, there were many complaints about old Nazis reappearing in a democratic guise and occupying important positions.
In democratic countries, we expect justice to be the government’s responsibility.
Nothing seemed too difficult for Putin, even mouthing unnecessary democratic platitudes for an Olympic committee whose members had already awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing.
The PiS government’s decision to cut the pensions of communist-era civil servants has resurrected the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), which now enjoys around 7-10% support.
At this point, there are very few voices consistently advocating the changes needed to secure the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime.
Instead, he seems drawn to authoritarian leaders – in particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin – and often leaves democratic leaders watching from the wings.
In short, Wilson would endorse a program more like that of Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren or Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, featuring an advanced social-welfare system that enables broad-based prosperity.
He believed that international institutions, the rule of law, common values, and an elite possessed of a democratic vision could ensure collective security and peaceful conflict resolution.
What was unimaginable only a few years ago – a US president insulting democratic allies and praising dictators, or calling the free press “enemies of the people,” or locking up refugees and taking away their children – has become almost normal now.
In countries with a democratic history, it is easy to assume that “it could never happen here,” because “our institutions are too strong,” or “our people love freedom too much,” or they are “too civilized” or “too modern” to slide into barbarism.
Donald Trump may not be a reincarnated Hitler, but Republicans’ acquiescence in every step he has taken away from civilized democratic norms is ominous.
Obama’s Democratic defenders counter that his policies staved off a second Great Depression, and that the US economy has been steadily working its way out of a deep hole ever since.
But Obama did promise greater transparency, which is essential to any sound debate over the rights and wrongs of drone attacks, and to democratic control over how the US is waging its war against terrorism.
But for any such parliamentary alliance to have democratic legitimacy, it will have to present itself not just as a coalition of likeminded MPs, but as a new political party, with a program to confront realistically the challenges of technological change and globalization.
The Morocco OptionRABAT – Three years after the Arab Spring revolutions, the democratic world appears more confused than ever about how to respond.
This began to change as societies became more democratic and labor unions and other groups mobilized against capitalism’s perceived abuses.
Under his leadership Mexico took gigantic steps towards achieving stability, and becoming a more open and democratic society.
I had to tell them whether democratic Poland was also going to be their country, or whether they would be second-class citizens.
In both cases, pressures from the Republicans as well as from centrist Democrats helped to pull the Clinton Administration onto the correct track: supporting free trade despite powerful protectionist allies in the Democratic Party; supporting budget deficit reduction instead of large fiscal spending programs.
This secret truce was maintained even after Mexico’s first open democratic presidential election in 2000, when the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party was ousted from power.
Instead of repeatedly making clear that Kosovo independence is an indispensable requirement for EU membership – so important to Serbia’s modernization and Balkan stability – EU leaders like Javier Solana laud Kostunica as a great democratic leader.
In Ecuador, too, democratic institutions are under siege.
This is why, having regained their democratic regimes, Central and Eastern European countries unequivocally voted to join the continent's integration process.
Israel’s strategic response would normally be that it aspires to be a “Jewish democratic state,” which presupposes a Jewish majority.
Trust in US public institutions is rooted in the open and transparent democratic process that underpins them.
Only by building democratic, open societies in which borders and governments diminish in importance can the circle of violence be broken.
If the government does not make genuine progress soon, the international community’s enthusiastic support for the country’s reform efforts will likely dissipate, compromising future efforts at negotiations and jeopardizing Burma’s democratic prospects.
For starters, the language committing China to respect the democratic rights of the people of Hong Kong was deliberately vague.
Informed public debate is the sine qua non of a democratic polity.
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