Corruption is frequently cited as the primary driver of discontent with democratic systems.
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Cardin points out that corruption leads to dissatisfaction with democracy.
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Iran's threat is real. But the way that the Biden administration and you have answered that... was extraordinary leadership.
I appreciate that, and I support everything you just said, but it still begs the question that without much complaint Azerbaijan is now occupying part of Armenia--strategic part of Armenia--and there has been no real protest about their controlling the highlands next to Nagorno-Karabakh that puts Armenia at tremendous risk of the corridor that could divide the country or lose its southern edge, and I have not seen much of a fuss made by the international community.
Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.
It could not be at a better location to hold this hearing than here at Bowie State University.





