
Unlearning Helplessness
Notwithstanding all the angst about the future of democracy, Munich Security Index data, based on a 12-country opinion survey, show that people still think democracies are better able than undemocratic countries to solve the problems of the future. Now democratic leaders need to prove it.
MUNICH – There was little cause for geopolitical optimism in 2021, and this grim trend has continued at the start of 2022. Almost every month over the last couple of years, a fresh emergency has dominated the news, contributing to a sense of a mounting tide of crises that threatens to overwhelm us.