WHAT ARE THE LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?

The Pacific Council recently hosted a conversation with Dan Schnur, professor at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy, and USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, and Dr. Jerrold D. Green, president and CEO of the Pacific Council on International Policy, about the role American democracy plays on the world stage. The discussion was moderated by Dulce Vasquez, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Arizona State University. If you are a Council member who would like to watch this event, please let us know at engage@pacificcouncil.org.

The turbulence that followed the 2020 presidential election shook our country to its core. That the United States continues to stand has been extolled by some as a sign of strength, though others have interpreted the tumult as a harbinger for the end of our democracy. Regardless of one's perspective, what stands true is that our domestic discourse is of consequence to the world. We explored the impact that the health of American democracy has at home and abroad.