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Declining US democracy emboldens global authoritarians:
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democracy → decline → authoritarians
The fall of US democracy indicators to their lowest level in half a century is inspiring hardline leaders around the world, a leading global intergovernmental political institute said on Sept 15.
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institute → inspire → Sept
“Major indicators of US democracy from press freedom to judicial independence hit their lowest levels in 50 years, and this is reverberating worldwide,” the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said in a report.
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Institute → hit → report
“Washington’s retreat from the rules-based international order has weakened confidence in multilateralism and emboldened authoritarian leaders and populists,” added the report.
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report → base → leaders
About 57 per cent of the countries studied by International IDEA had seen a fall in at least one indicator of their democratic health between 2020 and 2025.
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cent → study → 2020
The areas assessed included judicial independence, credible elections, freedom of speech and access to justice.
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areas → assess → justice
“Of course, patient zero of this global epidemic is the current president of the United States,” International IDEA secretary-general Kevin Casas-Zamora, a former vice-president of Costa Rica, told AFP, referring to US President Donald Trump.
“I think what happened in the US in 2020 has really had a global impact in terms of legitimising this kind of attack on the credibility of the electoral process,” he said of Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
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he → tell → Biden
Trump returned to office after a 2024 election.
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Trump → return → election
The trend accelerated with the attack on the US Congress building on Jan 6, 2021, by Trump supporters, Casas-Zamora added.
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Zamora → accelerate → supporters
This encouraged riots in Brasilia on Jan 8, 2023, when thousands of followers of conservative former leader Jair Bolsonaro looted Brazil’s Parliament demanding a military intervention against leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a week after he took office.
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he → encourage → office
The IDEA chief said that “arguments that were used to gut and eventually close down USAID (the US foreign aid agency) were used in Serbia by the government to clamp down on civil society organisations”.
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that → say → organisations
International IDEA was set up by 14 founding states in 1995 to help with elections and monitor democracies.
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IDEA → set → democracies
The US had been an observer member but left in 2026.
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US → leave → 2026