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Democracies are  and freedom is increasingly under threat . And the U.S. government has  its embassies to watch in silence. That silence is not neutral—it is a green light to  regimes and it undermines our nation’s values and our global standing. By  our role as a global champion of democracy, we are abandoning our allies in the global fight for freedom.

For decades, Republican and Democratic administrations have understood that advancing democracy abroad creates allies and contributes to a more stable and economically successful world. But recent U.S. policy reflects a deliberate and alarming turn away from this tradition. …