Martin Wolf and Robert Kagan on democracy’s year of peril
FT News Briefing
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🗓️ 2 June 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Across the world, billions of citizens are being asked to cast their vote in elections taking place in more than 50 countries, making this a pivotal year for democracy. But these polls come as populist, illiberal and far-right parties are either growing in support or consolidating gains they have already made. In the first of this five-part series, the FT’s renowned economics commentator Martin Wolf tells executive opinion editor Jonathan Derbyshire why he worries about the consequences for the future of democratic institutions. Martin then speaks to Robert Kagan, a neoconservative scholar and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, about what a victory, or defeat, for Donald Trump might mean for the future of US democracy.
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This episode is presented by Jonathan Derbyshire and Martin Wolf. The producer is Sandra Kanthal. Production help from Sonja Hutson. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa and the sound engineer is Nigel Appleton. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.0 | Today is Sunday, June 2nd. |
| 0:13.2 | It's Mark Filipino here. |
| 0:14.8 | Today and over the next four Sundays, |
| 0:16.8 | the news briefing is doing something a little bit different. |
| 0:19.2 | We're running a series about the Outlook for Democracy |
| 0:22.3 | hosted by the F.T.'s chief economics |
| 0:24.2 | commentator Martin Wolf. He's been talking to leading political thinkers about |
| 0:28.1 | what this year a pivotal year for democracy has in store for the liberal democratic system. Now Martin recorded |
| 0:35.8 | his interviews before New York made Donald Trump the first former president to be |
| 0:40.0 | convicted of a crime but the US Constitution does not explicitly bar a convicted |
| 0:45.8 | criminal from holding the highest office in the land, a fact which sets up the US |
| 0:50.9 | polls later this year as possibly one of the greatest challenges |
| 0:54.7 | facing liberal democracy to date. So here goes, over to Martin. |
| 1:00.8 | Oh he's not there. Where did he go? |
| 1:07.0 | Oh, hello. I thought we said 115. |
| 1:10.0 | You're not going to get in your audio from now and I made a fool of myself last time. |
| 1:15.0 | We're hovering threateningly to take you for your appointment. |
| 1:21.0 | Well, I suppose the time has come to sort out democracy at last. |
| 1:25.0 | Let's go and do it. |
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