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88 Foreign Aff. 77 (2009)
The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail

handle is hein.journals/fora88 and id is 83 raw text is: The Myth of the Autocratic Revival Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry AFTER Two decades of post-Cold War liberal triumph, U.S. foreign policy is being challenged by the return of an old antiliberal vision. According to this vision, the world is not marching toward universal liberal democracy and the end of history. Rather, it is polarizing into different camps and entering an era of rivalry between Western liberal states and dangerous autocracies, most notably China and Russia. Unlike the autocracies that failed so spectacularly in the twentieth century, today's autocracies are said to be not only compatible with capitalist success but also representative of a rival form of capitalism. And their presence in the international system supposedly foreshadows growing competition and conflict and is dangerously undermining the prospect of global cooperation. Several recent developments seem to support this emerging view. Democratic transitions have stalled and reversed. In China, the Com- munist Party dictatorship has weathered domestic challenges while DANIEL DEUDNEY is Professor of Political Science atJohns Hopkins University and the author of Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory From the Polis to the Global Village. G. JOHN IKENBERRY is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, a Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University, and the author of After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars. 177]

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