Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: Is Western Democracy in Danger?

Airs Sunday, November 5, 2017, at 6 p.m. Do populist and nationalist uprisings signal Western democracy’s certain decline? Or can recent events be seen as part of a healthy and regenerative antidote to policies that have challenged liberal institutions and marginalized the middle class? Some predict that a resilient liberal world order will rally to triumph over fear, xenophobia and fractured political parties – others say that support for autocratic alternatives is on the rise. Four leading thinkers debate the future of Western democracy. For the motion are Bernard-Henri Levy and Yascha Mounk. Against the motion are Clive Crook and Kori Schake.