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    LETTERS

    Jun 01, 2021 4 minutes

    Flawed but Democratic

    I must take exception to a statement in Shakhar Rahav’s “The China Model” (Spring 2021), which asserts that “Xi’s rise augured the rise of populist, authoritarian leaders in many countries.”

    The examples that follow include “Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil,” “the Hungary of Viktor Orban,” and “Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel.” On what basis is Israel included in this list? Israel is a vibrant, multiparty parliamentary democracy with a free and independent news media. According to the Democracy Index compiled by the Economist

    Intelligence Unit, Israel ranks 27th in the world and is characterized as a “flawed democracy.” The United States is ranked 25th and is also identified as a flawed democracy. There certainly are

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