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Foreign Affairs invites you to listen to its podcast, the Foreign Affairs Interview. This episode with Fareed Zakaria was originally published on December 14, 2023. Most Americans think their country is in decline. So do their leaders. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have embraced foreign policies premised on the notion that the global order no longer serves American interests. But these pessimistic assumptions are wrong, Fareed Zakaria argues in a new essay for Foreign Affairs. Moreover, they are leading the country to embrace strategies that will harm much of the world—and the United States most of all. Zakaria is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and the author of The Post-American World.
2023 was a year of war, in Europe, of war in the Middle East, and beyond. So it’s safe to say that the year to come will not be all honey and roses. But here’s a prediction: Even if 2024 may not be a GOOD year, it WILL be the most consequential one for the future of democracy, both abroad and here in the United States. Around the world, elections will test the limits of authoritarian appeal and the guardrails of democratic institutions. That includes right here in the United States. And this comes at a time when one-quarter of Americans believe that the FBI was behind the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. That’s right, one quarter. So, there’s not a lot of shared trust amongst Americans—or even shared agreement on basic facts—as we head toward November 5. The renowned Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama is here to discuss the global and domestic threats to democracy in 2024. Ian Bremmer examines the increasingly disturbing political landscape and erosion of trust in core American institutions ahead of the 2024 presidential election:• Ian Explains: Gaming out the 2024 US …
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