A Glimpse of the Way Forward

Issue Date July 2020
Volume 31
Issue 3
Page Numbers 5-7
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For all the concern over authoritarianism’s advance, the competence of governance may be what determines the next chapter in the struggle between democracy and dictatorship.

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