The Media and Democracy: A Dialogue

The Arab experience shows that the same media that facilitate the toppling of dictators can make it harder to build democracy.

The Kremlin is now bringing to the rest of the world the kind of propaganda and conspiracy theories it has been churning out at home.

In recent years, new types of nondemocratic government have come to the fore,notably competitive authoritarianism.Such regimes, though not democratic,feature arenas of contestation in which opposition forces can challenge,and even oust,authoritarian…