The Aspen Strategy Group is proud to partner with Democracy: A Journal of Ideas and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions on a special publication entitled Democracy’s Future: Abroad and at Home. Coming out of the discussions at the ASG’s annual meeting, our authors’ pieces aim to bolster democracy around the world and in the U.S. at this critical time.
We are pleased to be publishing these essays online ahead of the Summit for Democracy and look forward to releasing an expanded collection as a special print edition of Democracy in early 2022.
Contributors include: Michael Tomasky, Anja Manuel, Michael J. Abramowitz, Danielle Allen, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Zoë Baird, Elizabeth Economy, Peter Feaver, Michael J. Green, Mark Malloch-Brown, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David E. Sanger, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Milan Vaishnav, and Amy Walter.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Michael Tomasky
The Future of Democracy
Anja Manuel
ESSAY 1
Biden, One Year In
David E. Sanger
ESSAY 2
Democracy in a Time of Coronavirus
Danielle Allen
ESSAY 3
Authoritarian Repression Anywhere Is a Threat to Democracy Everywhere
Michael J. Abramowitz
ESSAY 4
U.S., China, and Democracy
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
ESSAY 5
China’s Assertive Authoritarianism
Elizabeth Economy
ESSAY 6
Democracy and Strategic Competition with China
Michael J. Green
ESSAY 7
The Challenge of India’s Democratic Backsliding
Milan Vaishnav
ESSAY 8
Democracies’ Great Challenge: Demonstrating Competence
Mark Malloch-Brown
ESSAY 9
The Future of Democracy: National Security Begins at Home
Peter Feaver
ESSAY 10
The Problem of Our Polarization Today
Kristen Soltis Anderson
ESSAY 11
Can America’s Political Polarization Be Fixed?
Amy Walter
ESSAY 12
Renewing American Democracy
Anne-Marie Slaughter
ESSAY 13
Toward a New Technology Policy Centered on Good Jobs
Zoë Baird
Illustration by Richard A. Chance
