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Life and death of democracy john keane opinion the guardian. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In recent years, as leading authoritarian countries such as china, iran, russia, saudi arabia, and venezuela have become emboldened within the global arena, challenging the liberal international political order, the advanced democracies have retreated rather than responding to this threat.