02/06/2012
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"the leading authoritarian states in the world... are engaging more and more in efforts to weaken regional and global institutions that have democracy and human rights as part of their mandates."
"We tend to focus on human rights, which are separate from governmental systems, in terms of analysis."
"This is the division, in terms of the debate."
"To what extend does the United States become vulnerable through an increasing dependence on a governmental structure that's not like our own?"