The U.S. Must Now Repair Democracy at Home and Abroad
Wednesday’s insurrection laid bare the fragility of democracy in the United States. It is unsurprising that many Americans feel their confidence in the country’s democratic ideals deeply shaken. The expressions of concern from American allies, and the schadenfreude from autocrats, including Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, are sobering.
Writing in , Emma Ashford, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council,, “Ambitious foreign-policy goals are completely out of step with the realities of the country’s domestic political and economic dysfunction … How can the United States spread democracy or act as an example for others if it barely has a functioning democracy at home?” In , James Goldgeier, a professor at American University, and Bruce Jentleson, a professor at Duke University, on President-elect Joe Biden to on Twitter that “it will be a long time before we can credibly advocate for the rule of law” overseas.
