The Democracy Group

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows how the incentives and views of dangerous leaders drive world events. The efficacy of the international community’s response depends on how regimes like Russia’s wor...

4 Huhti 202239min

Was the war in Ukraine inevitable? What is Vladimir Putin trying to achieve? What does the conflict say about Ukraine as a democracy? Those are just a few of the questions Michael Berkman explores thi...

30 Maalis 202235min

This week on Our Body Politic, Farai looks back on the 2016-2017 Dakota Access Pipeline protests with investigative journalist Jenni Monet to discuss activism among indegeonous peoples in America and ...

28 Maalis 202251min

This week we bring you an episode from  Democracy Paradox's Patreon. You can subscribe for more content like this at https://www.patreon.com/demparadoxFeatured guest: Liz Joyner, CEO of the Village Sq...

25 Maalis 202226min

As the political landscape has devolved into a Mad Max hellscape of blame and retribution (and sometimes even worse), can we find a way to wrestle up a little empathy for our fellow human, even the on...

23 Maalis 202253min

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule  here.Sarah Repucci is the Vice President of Resea...

21 Maalis 202241min

This week we bring you an episode from  The Purple Principle podcast.The Purple Principle kicks off its extended Season Three series on state level polarization with a mini-series on the great state o...

18 Maalis 202228min

Robert Kagan is a foreign policy expert who turned his focus to the United States last fall in a Washington Post column titled "Our Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here" that became one of the Post's...

16 Maalis 202243min