A primer on the threat to democracy posed byand i cant believe im saying thisthe current president of the united. How the west is aiding and abetting the decline of democracy klaas, brian on. Oct, 2016 a podcast of this event is available to download from the despot s accomplice. How the west is aiding and abetting the decline of democracy is an impassioned defence of klaas depiction of liberal democracy, while also taking the west to task for aiding despots and authoritarian regimes throughout the world. But, argues klaas, the west is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting prodemocracy forces abroad as governments in. Brian paul klaas born june 29, 1986 is an american political scientist and columnist at the washington post. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. In the despots apprentice, brian klaas takes on the herculean task of documenting the abundant transgressions of a demagogue, giving us essential insight into the implications for free and open society. Access a free summary of hard choices, by hillary rodham clinton and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. The following is an excerpt from the new book the despots accomplice. A podcast of this event is available to download from the despots accomplice. Klaas received his doctorate from the university of oxford.
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