Justice Matters - The Retreat of Democracy

The Retreat of Democracy

04/29/19 • 24 min

Michael Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, discusses the growth and retreat of democracy around the globe.

Before joining Freedom House in February 2017, he was director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education. He led the museum’s genocide prevention efforts and later oversaw its public education programs.

He was previously National Editor and then White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Hoover Institution. A graduate of Harvard College, he is also a board member of the National Security Archive.

Michael Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, discusses the growth and retreat of democracy around the globe.

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