Governments around the world have responded very differently to the Covid-19 pandemic, with very divergent outcomes. What does the response to this crisis reveal about democratic vs authoritarian government capacity? This week we inviteThomas Carothers, an expert on international democracy and U.S. foreign policy to discuss: • Are democracies or autocracies better for addressing crises like Covid-19? • Is American democracy and governing capacity in decline? • Is China’s model of government spreading? • How will Covid-19 affect American politics?