Larry Diamond on 'Ill Winds'
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Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford University\\u2019s Hoover Institution, has spent the last forty years studying democracy. Over the last few years, he\\u2019s observed democratic values begin to crumble to political pressure, while authoritarianism is on the rise. Diamond sat down with Benjamin Wittes to discuss his latest book \\u201cIll Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency,\\u201d in which he charts the rise of illiberal leaders across six continents, including our own; the growing influence of China and Russia; and how the election of Donald Trump has affected all of this. Diamond argues that, to curb rising despotism, the United States must reclaim its role as an ardent defender of global democracy. To lighten the conversation a bit, they also discussed places where democratic values have seen a resurgence.
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