spread of democracy rule of law & liberal economies decline

• Theme 1: For - democracy

  • democratic backsliding in the world
  • countries like myanmar, india, turkey, hungary are moving away from democratic norms
  • US - rise of illiberalism in trump
  • 60% republicans surveyed said they would be comfortable with autocratic government
  • Arab spring over?
• Theme 1: Against

  • biden established a democracy summit to strengthen democracy in the world
  • the EU still remains committed to spreading democracy through its projects
• Theme 2: For - rule of law

  • countries where democracy declines, rule of law does
  • EG israel gov looks to change the way the judiciary are appointed
  • there's no rule of law in occupied territories, just military trials
  • hungary, orban has replaced judges with his own people. corruption
  • the ICC has not been able to do anything about the uyghur genocide
• Theme 2: Against

  • still international bodies like the ICC and the ECHR
  • the EU tries to tie trade with countries like tunisia to improving their rule of law
• Theme 3 : For - liberal economies

  • rise in protectionism - the USA 'buy american' policies of biden
  • the gov has raised trillions in subsidies for its tech sector. against free market principles
  • the EU and US banned huwawei and looking to ban tiktok
  • decoupling with china
  • era of globalisation over
  • USA tariffs against russia
  • brexit
• Theme 3: Against

  • trade between china and the USA has increased year on year
  • EU remains strong
  • china still committed to trade deals