It may be the least worst form of government, but faith in its leaders and its institutions is waning. From the US to the UK to Australia, democracy has also paradoxically delivered representatives who are proudly anti-democratic and openly undermine democratic institutions like electoral systems, the judiciary and a free media. So why do people see the likes of Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, and Pauline Hanson as the answer?The Future of Democracy was recorded at the 2026 <a href="https://www.swf.org.au/">Sydney Writers Festival</a> in partnership with the <a href="https://resilientdemocracylab.org/">Resilient Democracy Lab</a> at the University of New South Wales.Speakers:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-sopel-89375715/">Jon Sopel</a>Co-host <a href="https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/">The News Agents</a>Author, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/strangeland-9781529938418">Strangeland: How Britain Stopped Making Sense</a>, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/unpresidented-9781473531888">UnPresidented: Politics, Pandemics and the Race that Trumped All Others</a> and moreFormer editor, BBC North America<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/nick-bryant/4334030">Nick Bryant</a> (co-host)Host, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/saturdayextra">Saturday Extra, ABC Radio National</a>Author, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-forever-war-9781761048623">The Forever War: America's Unending Conflict with Itself</a> and moreFormer BBC Washington Correspondent<a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/rosalind-dixon">Rosalind Dixon</a>Professor of Law, University of New South WalesFounder, <a href="https://resilientdemocracylab.org/">Resilient Democracy Lab</a>Author, <a href="https://unsw.press/books/the-peoples-guide-to-the-australian-constitution/">A People's Guide to the Australian Constitution</a>

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