Democratic Decline and Semi-Fascism

Episode #104

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, new data on the state of global democracy, Biden’s use of the term ‘semi-fascist’ to describe the MAGA movement, and a big picture look at Biden's foreign policy doctrine.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• V-Dem Democracy Report 2022

• “When It Comes to Eating Away at Democracy, Trump Is a Winner” by Thomas Edsall in The New York Times

• “The debate over American fascism gets louder” by Ishaan Tharoor in The Washington Post

• “Hard Right Stokes Outrage After Search of Mar-a-Lago” by Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman in The New York Times

• “Can Antony Blinken Update Liberal Foreign Policy for a World Gone Mad?” by David Montgomery for The Washington Post

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