Maheen Rasul Maheen Rasul

We Should All Be Worried About Democratic Backsliding

When Winston Churchill said, ‘democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others’, he was appealing to the notion that despite its supposed failings, there is no system better equipped for governance than a liberal democracy. Nearly seven decades later, the wisdom of this statement is less and less clear to the masses around the world, as democratic backsliding continues to afflict polities around the world.

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