May 29, 2026 · 40 min · 13 segments
In the last twenty years rights and liberties have eroded across more of the world than they have advanced. The cumulative effect is a transformed international order in which authoritarian…
Yana GorokhovskaiaGuestValues & Interests Podcast HostHost
That means that, um, in more countries, uh, rights deteriorated than improved.
It was actually the 20th consecutive year of global decline, which means that, um, consistently since 2005, more countries have experienced deterioration than improvement.
And when you step back, what that has done is really reshape the international system.
According to Freedom House's latest annual report, freedom around the world has been in decline for 20 years straight.
To unpack this troubling trend, I'm joined today on the podcast by Yana Gorokhovskaia, research director at Freedom House.
Together, we seek to understand and define freedom at both a personal level and a political level.
I hope you enjoy today's episode.
Let's get right to it.
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That means that, um, in more countries, uh, rights deteriorated than improved.
It was actually the 20th consecutive year of global decline, which means that, um, consistently since 2005, more countries have experienced deterioration than improvement.
And when you step back, what that has done is really reshape the international system.
According to Freedom House's latest annual report, freedom around the world has been in decline for 20 years straight.
To unpack this troubling trend, I'm joined today on the podcast by Yana Gorokhovskaia, research director at Freedom House.
Together, we seek to understand and define freedom at both a personal level and a political level.
I hope you enjoy today's episode.
Let's get right to it.