'Let the tragedy in Ukraine be democracy's call to all of us worldwide that now is the time to stand together as brothers and sisters-in-democracy.'
Nonetheless, democracy is not just a"good" thing. Only democracy holds the promise of accountability to the whole required to meet these threats. And I would go even further. Beyond our physical survival needs, humans have deep psychological needs—for a sense of agency, meaning, and connection with others in common purpose. If democratic polities are not meeting these needs positively, humans tend to grasp for other, destructive ways to meet them.
The frightening truth is that worldwide, the"number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction in 2020those going in a democratic direction," observes Sweden-based Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance."The pandemic has prolonged this existing negative trend into a five-year stretch…the longest such period since the start of the third wave of democratization in the 1970s.
Ukraine is itself a"fledgling democracy, with significant growing pains, largely the result of Russian pressure and interference in its affairs. It is certainly not a tyranny,"
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