At the Athens Democracy Forum, a conference convened by The New York Times in Athens, from Sept. 13 to 17, global leaders talked about the state of democracy and its challenges around the world. There’s no way we’d deal with the issues in Somalia of terrorism if the international community did not come together. Yes, we need to do better, but I do not think that we should rule multilateralism and international cooperation out. I think governments should be there in the debate. You can’t have a democracy if you don’t have informed citizens — citizens who have critical thinking.

Source: New York Times September 20, 2017 19:06 UTC