Olga Onuch and Henry Hale Describe the Zelensky Effect
I just want to say that I don't think Zelensky has changed Ukraine. He amplified it. He mirrored what was already there in his time as an actor and comedian. He tried to show the realities and positio...
20 Des 202242min
Elizabeth Economy in a Wide Ranging Conversation About China
But if you think that China can change and that Xi Jinping is not inevitable and Xi Jinping two and three and four and five are not inevitable, then I think that leads you to a slightly different set ...
13 Des 202241min
Richard Wike Asked Citizens in 19 Countries Whether Social Media is Good for Democracy
When people think about social media, they think about the upsides of it. It speaks to what they want in democracy that they're not getting. They feel disconnected, voiceless, and not empowered. So, i...
6 Des 202239min
Naunihal Singh on the Myth of the Coup Contagion
Sometimes I found people who I was talking to and their coup happened after an elected leader became less democratic. They could very convincingly tell me that their coup was in response to those acti...
29 Nov 202240min
Mohammed Ali Kadivar on Paths to Durable Democracy and Thoughts on the Protests in Iran
It's been exciting and it's been overwhelming. It's exciting to see people are rising, to see the amount of bravery on the streets, how these young women and men will stand up against the armored poli...
22 Nov 202259min
Michael Ignatieff Warns Against the Politics of Enemies
Democracy is the stage in which we mount the battle for power and we fight out our competing visions of what would be good for a society. But at the same time, the most dangerous of all things we try ...
15 Nov 202238min
Emilee Booth Chapman Has Ideas About Voting with Profound Implications
There is this idea on the one hand of this mass collective participation, but on the other hand that there's a lot of attention being given to the sort of dignity of each individual contribution. So, ...
8 Nov 202245min
Jason Brownlee Believes We Underestimate Democratic Resilience
71% of Americans are concerned about democracy. And apparently that number, roughly 71%, holds for both parties. So, if listeners are concerned about democracy, they can expect that there's someone fr...
1 Nov 202240min
