Ukraine is reminding us that democracy is a verb as well as a noun, not a mere institution or abstract concept, but results from action, from struggle, says historian and author Timothy Snyder.
If you think democracy is some kind of inevitable, default setting for the world, then you aren’t going to have it for very long, he adds, offering a historical perspective on the current state of democracy around the world as well as the patterns of thought that lead to tyranny. Learn more about a new approach to democracy that could help create and protect a future of freedom.
