Russia’s Kremlin, unfettered by the need to build consensus, is ahead of the game in clash with Europe and the US over Ukraine – and waging a propaganda warDemocracy is messy. And, when it comes to multinational clubs and coalitions like Nato or the EU, it is also very bureaucratic. Committees and task forces, summits and consensuses, conflicts and compromises, armies of sherpas climbing political mountains to try to agree what to do. International democracy does not make for quick, robust, or effective action.It’s different for dictators or authoritarian regimes. Flick a switch, pull a lever, and things happen, often …read more
Source: The Guardian
