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Lose Wars Without Defeat
Democracies can lose a war without being defeated militarily if their adversaries exploit the conflict’s economic and human costs to weaken public support and push voters to change their governments’ policies. The confrontations involving the United States and Iran, and the war in Ukraine, show how authoritarian regimes may wager on prolonging conflict and wearing down the patience of democratic societies—even though they, too, are vulnerable to pressure and missteps. But democracies can correct course and renew their legitimacy. Their resilience depends on citizens’ trust in institutions and on explaining the war’s aims and sacrifices to them.
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