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The challenge to American democracy has called into question some of the country\u2019s deepest assumptions about exceptionalism. Fellows at The Century Foundation have been studying fragile democracy, authoritarianism, and militia rule in the Middle East for decades.\xa0\nWe apply some of the lessons learned from studying authoritarian relapse around the world\u2014from the importance of calling a coup attempt by its proper name, to the limits of the \u201cwar on terror\u201d model for dealing with violent insurrectionists and white supremacist terrorism in the United States.\nParticipants include:\nMichael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow, The Century Foundation\nThanassis Cambanis, senior fellow, The Century Foundation