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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Yascha Mounk: The Fate of Diverse Decomcracies
Description: With the attack on Ukraine well underway, political thinker Yascha Mounk recently admitted in The Atlantic that, âWe stand at the beginning of a new era of naked power politics.â The Russian invasion is not simply an assault on a neighboring country motivated by strained ethnic relations or security concerns, but it is an assault on the democratic values and political system espoused by Ukraine. It is the latest setback in a âdemocratic recessionâ now entering its 16th consecutive year, according to Freedom House. âIn 2021, the number of countries moving away from democracy once again exceeded the number of countries moving towar...