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John Owen's GFCF Lecture on Challenges to Democracy

Democracy is wobbling in a number of countries at once. This is no accident, because no democracy is an island: countries share a complex social environment that, depending on its content, can “select for” either democracy or authoritarianism. One reason why the environment has lately come to favour authoritarianism is the rise and reassertion of the authoritarian giants, China and Russia. Dr. John Owen, University of Virginia professor of politics and international relations, discusses the effects of these countries and their policies on world politics, recent developments in the United States, and finally why Christians today ought to cherish constitutional democracy and work for a world that enables its flourishing. Dr. Paul Freston, professor emeritus Wilfrid Laurier University in religion and politics, responds adding cogent insights on the subject of democracy from Brazil and the Global South.