Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.
タグ: always, democracy, people, art

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Regimes like the one in Russia are stabilized by the fact that they have no ideology. There is really no ideological means to attack them.
タグ: ideology, russia, attack, like
A more stable relationship between Poland and Russia based on reconciliation might revive the reunification of Europe.
タグ: russia, europe, more, relationship
The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about the rise of China and are threatened by the rise of radical Islam.
タグ: about, rise, islam, dreams
America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted.
タグ: indebted, financially, america
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
タグ: america, influence, political, society
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