The Faltering Of Global Democracy

The rise of international predator states in the last twenty-plus years has taken on different paths compared to the more distant past. This piece examines how it is happening and what incoming President Trump should do about it.. Among the symptoms are -

Increasing state surveillance and censorship of the internet

Diffuse decay of the rule of law

Increasing fear and intimidation as protections for civil liberties crumble

Banning the receipt of financial and technical assistance by international aid agencies and democracy foundations

Blatant pressure on the business community to serve the ruling party

The cancerous spread of crony capitalism and state corruption

The piece further notes these to be tactics successfully used by Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez among others.