Episode 7: Democracy in America, Democracy in the World

 

American democracy has long served as a beacon for other nations, and when it fails to reach its full potential the ripple effects are global. What role should American democracy play on the world stage today, and how could this engagement in turn help to strengthen democracy back home?

Featuring:

 

Ibram X. Kendi

Founding Director, Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former NATO Secretary General and Founder, Alliance of Democracies

Natasha Cloud

Player, Washington Mystics

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook

Director and CEO, German Council on Foreign Relations

Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

Executive Vice President, Freedom House

Khalid Pitts

Executive Vice President, Policy and Programs, FairVote

Deval L. Patrick

Former Governor of Massachusetts

Jan-Werner Müller

Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Mark Green

President, Director and CEO, Wilson Center and former U.S. Ambassador

Nsé Ufot

CEO, New Georgia Project

 

Lee Drutman

Senior Fellow, New America