Democracy: stories from the long road to freedom

Prologue

Introduction: Is democracy in retreat?

The American experience

Russia and the weight of history

Martial law and the origins of Polish democracy

Ukraine: "a made up country"?

Kenya: "Save our beloved country"

Colombia: the era of democratic security

The Middle East: can democracy exist in a cauldron? Iraq: when tyrants fall ; Egypt and Tunisia: when old men fail ; Arab monarchies: will they reform?

Are authoritarians so bad?

What democracy must deliver

"Democracy is the worst... except for all the others"

Epilogue: they will look to America

2016.