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In and of themselves, laws to monitor and prevent harmful foreign influence are not antidemocratic.
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Maxim Krupskiy, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024
Foreign-agent laws are especially dangerous in the hands of antidemocratic regimes, which use them to suppress criticism and stifle civil society, primarily NGOs and independent media.
—Maxim Krupskiy, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024
Instead, antidemocratic rhetoric increased again after the attack on the U.S. Capitol and continued at high levels thereafter.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Many American observers feared that as president, Ruto would prove vindictive, antidemocratic, and transactional, favoring international partners less sensitive to reputational risk than the United States.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
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Maxim Krupskiy, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024
Foreign-agent laws are especially dangerous in the hands of antidemocratic regimes, which use them to suppress criticism and stifle civil society, primarily NGOs and independent media.
—Maxim Krupskiy, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024
Instead, antidemocratic rhetoric increased again after the attack on the U.S. Capitol and continued at high levels thereafter.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Many American observers feared that as president, Ruto would prove vindictive, antidemocratic, and transactional, favoring international partners less sensitive to reputational risk than the United States.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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