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Iran and North Korea
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Voter turnout was high because Americans knew important decisions had to be made.
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John McCain.
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Democracy in Crisis
Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by emboldened autocrats, beleaguered democracies, and the United States’ withdrawal from its leadership role in the global struggle for human freedom.
Freedom in the World 2018
Democracy in Crisis
Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by emboldened autocrats, beleaguered democracies, and the United States’ withdrawal from its leadership role in the global struggle for human freedom.
WRITTEN BY
Michael J. Abramowitz
President
Key Findings
Democracy faced its most serious crisis in decades in 2017 as its basic tenets—including guarantees of free and fair elections, the rights of minorities, freedom of the press, and the rule of law—came under attack around the world.Seventy-one countries suffered net declines in political rights and civil liberties, with only 35 registering gains. This marked the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom.
The United States retreated from its traditional role as both a champion and an exemplar of democracy amid an accelerating decline in American political rights and civil liberties.
Over the period since the 12-year global slide began in 2006, 113 countries have seen a net decline, and only 62 have experienced a net improvement.
Democracy is in crisis. The values it embodies—particularly the right to choose leaders in free and fair elections, freedom of the press, and the rule of law—are under assault and in retreat globally.
A quarter-century ago, at the end of the Cold War, it appeared that totalitarianism had at last been vanquished and liberal democracy had won the great ideological battle of the 20th century.
Today, it is democracy that finds itself battered and weakened. For the 12th consecutive year, according to Freedom in the World, countries that suffered democratic setbacks outnumbered those that registered gains. States that a decade ago seemed like promising success stories—Turkey and Hungary, for example—are sliding into authoritarian rule. The military in Myanmar, which began a limited democratic opening in 2010, executed a shocking campaign of ethnic cleansing in 2017 and rebuffed international criticism of its actions. Meanwhile, the world’s most powerful democracies are mired in seemingly intractable problems at home, including social and economic disparities, partisan fragmentation, terrorist attacks, and an influx of refugees that has strained alliances and increased fears of the “other.”
The challenges within democratic states have fueled the rise of populist leaders who appeal to anti-immigrant sentiment and give short shrift to fundamental civil and political liberties. Right-wing populists gained votes and parliamentary seats in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria during 2017. While they were kept out of government in all but Austria, their success at the polls helped to weaken established parties on both the right and left. Centrist newcomer Emmanuel Macron handily won the French presidency, but in Germany and the Netherlands, mainstream parties struggled to create stable governing coalitions.
Perhaps worst of all, and most worrisome for the future, young people, who have little memory of the long struggles against fascism and communism, may be losing faith and interest in the democratic project. The very idea of democracy and its promotion has been tarnished among many, contributing to a dangerous apathy.
The retreat of democracies is troubling enough. Yet at the same time, the world’s leading autocracies, China and Russia, have seized the opportunity not only to step up internal repression but also to export their malign influence to other countries, which are increasingly copying their behavior and adopting their disdain for democracy. A confident Chinese president Xi Jinping recently proclaimed that China is “blazing a new trail” for developing countries to follow. It is a path that includes politicized courts, intolerance for dissent, and predetermined elections.
The spread of antidemocratic practices around the world is not merely a setback for fundamental freedoms. It poses economic and security risks. When more countries are free, all countries—including the United States—are safer and more prosperous. When more countries are autocratic and repressive, treaties and alliances crumble, nations and entire regions become unstable, and violent extremists have greater room to operate.
Democratic governments allow people to help set the rules to which all must adhere, and have a say in the direction of their lives and work. This fosters a broader respect for peace, fair play, and compromise. Autocrats impose arbitrary rules on their citizens while ignoring all constraints themselves, spurring a vicious circle of abuse and radicalization.
[Senate Hearing 112-159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
S. Hrg. 112-159
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE WORLDWIDE THREATS TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
THE UNITED STATES
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HEARING before the
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION __________ MARCH 10, 2011 __________
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman
JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
JACK REED, Rhode Island JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
JIM WEBB, Virginia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri SCOTT P. BROWN, Massachusetts
MARK UDALL, Colorado ROB PORTMAN, Ohio
KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire
MARK BEGICH, Alaska SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine
JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire JOHN CORNYN, Texas
KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut
Richard D. DeBobes, Staff Director
David M. Morriss, Minority Staff Director
(ii) C O N T E N T S __________
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
The Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the National Security of
the United States march 10, 2011 Page
Clapper, Hon. James R., Jr., Director of National Intelligence... 6
Burgess, LTG Ronald L., Jr., USA, Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency......................................................... 31
(iii)
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE WORLDWIDE THREATS TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
THE UNITED STATES ----------
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011
U.S. Senate,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC.
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:33 a.m. in room
SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Carl Levin
(chairman) presiding.
Committee members present: Senators Levin, Lieberman,
Hagan, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, McCain, Brown,
Ayotte, and Cornyn.
Committee staff members present: Richard D. DeBobes, staff
director; and Leah C. Brewer, nominations and hearings clerk.
Majority staff members present: Madelyn R. Creedon,
counsel; Richard W. Fieldhouse, professional staff member;
Jessica L. Kingston, research assistant; Thomas K. McConnell,
professional staff member; William G.P. Monahan, counsel;
Russell L. Shaffer, Counsel; and William K. Sutey, professional
staff member.
Minority staff members present: David M. Morriss, minority
staff director; Adam J. Barker, professional staff member;
Christian D. Brose, professional staff member; John W. Heath,
Jr., minority investigative counsel; Daniel A. Lerner,
professional staff member; and Michael J. Sistak, research
assistant.
Staff assistants present: Jennifer R. Knowles, Kathleen A.
Kulenkampff, and Hannah I. Lloyd.
Committee members' assistants present: Vance Serchuk,
assistant to Senator Lieberman; Gordon Peterson, assistant to
Senator Webb; Roger Pena, assistant to Senator Hagan; Joanne
McLaughlin, assistant to Senator Manchin; Chad Kreikemeier,
assistant to Senator Shaheen; Elana Broitman, assistant to
Senator Gillibrand; Jeremy Bratt, assistant to Senator
Blumenthal; Lenwood Landrum, assistant to Senator Sessions;
Charles Prosch, assistant to Senator Brown; Brad Bowman,
assistant to Senator Ayotte; Dave Hanke, assistant to Senator
Cornyn; and Joshua Hodges, assistant to Senator Vitter.
OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN, CHAIRMAN
Chairman Levin. Good morning, everybody.
First, I'd like to welcome our witnesses for today's
hearing on current and longer term threats and challenges
around the world. We're delighted to have James Clapper here
for the first time as the Director of National Intelligence
(DNI), along with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Director, General Ron Burgess.
This committee has a special responsibility to the men and
women of our Armed Forces to be vigilant on worldwide threats
and on our intelligence programs. The safety of our troops,
decisions on whether or not to use military force, and the
planning for military operations all depend on understanding
those threats through our intelligence programs and activities.
In Afghanistan we're beginning to see signs that the
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