After the great Western victory over the Soviet Union in 1991, many echoed Frances Fukiyama’s view that the future belonged to liberal democratic states. And, much like after the Western victories in World War I and World War II, there was a period of significant expansion of democratic regimes around the world after 1991.
But, now, 25 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the period of expansion of democratic regimes has similarly come to an end. Indeed, the three major rising powers in the world today — Communist People’s Republic of China, Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran …read more
Source: The Huffington Post