Colin Crouch, Professor Emeritus, Warwick University, United Kingdom: “The internet, which is also the best hope we have for civil society, liberates us but is also one of the ways the debate is controlled.”
Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile (2000-2006) and Member of Club de Madrid: “There is a hope for democracy because in this digital era the institutions will have to learn to listen rather than learn to rule.”
Patricia O’Lynn, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland, Alliance Party: “Democracy when you look at it from the viewpoint of Northern Ireland (in the past) it wasn't sexy and it was dangerous”
Leoluca Orlando, Former Mayor of Palermo (1985–1990, 1993–2000 and 2012–2022): “War cannot be used to export democracy (as US tried when it invaded Iraq in 2003).”
Tomohiko Taniguchi, Professor, Keio University, Japan: " Democracy is a curious animal that takes decades and generations to mature."
Lt Col (Ret.) Alex Vindman, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, former Political-Military Affairs Officer: “How do you avoid complacency and apathy in a democracy when things seem to be going well, before you get to the crisis point? I don't know if I have an answer to that one."
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