Is America still a democracy, or just a power with democratic branding?

The crisis unfolding around Iran is not simply another Middle Eastern confrontation. It has become something far more profound – a test of whether the democratic world still believes in its own values, or whether those values have quietly been replaced by brute power dressed up as principle. The document Democracy at the Edge of Empire captures a grim truth: the world is no longer convinced by the moral narrative once championed by Washington and its closest partners. Across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, public opinion has shifted dramatically. A GeoPoll survey cited in the article shows that 43 per cent of respondents in countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa now view the United States less […]