The public-health crisis is real—and is being used to further legitimize authoritarianism in Hungary.
John Shattuck
John Shattuck is a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a senior fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He served as the president and rector of Central European University in Budapest from 2009 to 2016, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor (1993–1998) and ambassador to the Czech Republic (1998–2000). Earlier, he was national staff counsel and Washington office director of the American Civil Liberties Union (1971–1984).
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How Democracy in America Can Survive Donald Trump
Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835 that “the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” Tocqueville’s observation, broadly accurate over the past two centuries, is facing perhaps its most severe test today. In its 2016 “Democracy Index” report, the Economist […]
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Democracy and Illiberal Governance in Hungary and the U.S.
While Viktor Orban’s nationalist populism offers chilling parallels with Trump’s America, the U.S. is in a better position to resist authoritarianism.
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Resisting Trumpism in Europe and the United States
Authoritarian democracy is on the march on both sides of the Atlantic. Despite alarming parallels, the U.S. remains better positioned to preserve and rebuild true democracy.
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Healing Our Self-Inflicted Wounds
How the next president can restore the rule of law to U.S. foreign policy — and rebuild American credibility and power.
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A Lawless State
There’s a paradox at the heart of U.S. foreign policy: As the Bush administration asserts unilateral global power, the influence and respect of the United States hits rock bottom, and as the United States professes its desire to expand democratic rights around the world, its actions undermine its stated goals. No issue in this political […]
