I think that the U.S., the European Union, has taken this for granted for too long, that democracy

was a settled question.

And in our own countries, whether it's in the U.S. or within the context of the European

Union, more needs to be done to make democracy the first priority.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.

Here you'll find extended versions of interviews

from my show on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're asking whether American

democracy is still a model for the rest of the world. You kind of know the answer. We'll examine

the long-term implications of the storming of the U.S. Capitol six months ago and how strong men like

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are using America's growing polarization to their advantage.

I'm talking to Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama

and author of the book After the Fall, Being American in the World We Made.

Let's get right to it.

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