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Realist Internationalism and the Issue of Legitimacy

2024; Foreign Affairs; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.31278/1810-6439-2024-22-2-54-84

2618-9844

Anatol Lieven,

Global Peace and Security Dynamics

To try to square this circle leads to the identification of the domestic threats to democracy with an alleged “alliance of authoritarianisms”, and therefore to the dangerous implication that democracy in America can only be saved by the overthrow of other governments and states.