Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how minority rule undermines democracy and why the U.S. is vulnerable to partisan takeovers from both the left and the right.
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How Ukrainians are holding up under Russian assault
Anne Applebaum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, talks with Krys Boyd about the many threats to democracy and what can be done about it.
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Why China’s slowing growth makes it more dangerous
Associate Professor Michael Beckley joins us to talk about why he believes competition between America and China will peak in the 2020s – setting up a showdown between authoritarianism and democracy.
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Is democracy in decline globally?
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Kelly and David Pfeil discuss the health of democracies amid the rise of authoritarianism – and what can be done to strengthen them.
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Why strong women scare autocrats
Zoe Marks discusses the newest wave of patriarchal authoritarianism sweeping the globe, and the reversals of women’s rights that have followed.
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