(Dis)functional democracy? Western values and global realites. With Bernd Reiter

About 21 countries are full democracies, about 53 flawed ones and
the rest are not considered democratic, states our guest for this
episode, political scientist Bernd Reiter. We talk about foreign
policy and the need to pursue it in a more honest way - opposed
to the self-interest with which Western nations engage in the
promotion and strengthening of democratic values in places such
as Afghanistan or Latin America. Also, there is quite some
discontent when it comes to democracy: Recurrently and around the
world, people seem to feel like they live in a democracy and yet
have no real control.