THE DEBATE PAPERS: IS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN PERIL?

THE DEBATE PAPERS THE DEBATE PAPERS: IS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN PERIL? JANE COASTON AND DR BRIAN KLAAS ! JULY 2023 In its 2022 public opinion survey, the United States Studies Centre found 64 per cent of Americans and 46 per cent of Australians are concerned by the way democracy is working in the United States. [...] From the controversies surrounding the 2020 presidential election to declining faith in the US Supreme Court, questions about the checks and balances of US democratic institutions and the durability of American democracy are more important than ever. [...] As part of the USSC Debate Papers series, the Centre invited Brian Klaas, Associate Professor in Global Politics at University College London and a contributing writer to The Atlantic, and Jane Coaston, a contributing writer to The New York Times and former host of the podcast for NYT Opinion ‘The Argument’, to discuss the potential perils and future of American democracy. [...] But By early 2021, the Republican Party showed its new that doesn’t lessen my concern that the structures won’t colours when 147 Republicans in Congress cast a last, not because of terrifying anti-democratic forces but vote to invalidate the legitimate results of the 2020 because of the basic issues that can render both a dish- presidential election, on the basis of easily debunked washer and a de. [...] 4 UNITED STATES STUDIES CENTRE THE DEBATE PAPERS: IS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN PERIL? The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney is a university-based research centre, dedicated to the rigorous analysis of American foreign policy, economics, politics and culture.