German Chancellor Angela Merkel has labeled the coronavirus pandemic the greatest global challenge since WWII. With the Western world embracing emergency measures and adopting policies of authoritarian interventionism unthinkable just a few weeks ago, it may also represent the most serious threat to the democratic gains of the past seventy-five years.
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Oleksiy Goncharenko: Coronavirus crisis could spark authoritarian revival
A woman wearing a face mask walks on the street during the major shutdown amid the coronavirus spread on March 25, 2020, in Kyiv.