After Poland, No Democracy Is Safe
In the age of populism, certainty about the political future is a dangerous illusion.
by Yascha Mounk
Oct 14, 2019
2 minutes
Democracy was on the ballot yesterday in Poland. It suffered a stinging defeat that will have consequences far beyond the country’s borders.
For decades, political scientists regarded Poland as the great success story of the transition from communism to democracy. In no other large country in Central or Eastern Europe had democratic institutions taken such a deep hold, was there such a raucous press,
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