7Restoring Democracy argues that democracy is more resilient than it appears and is capable of overcoming the attacks from within and without that have sapped its vigor since the end of the Cold War. Russia and China have met with considerable success in their attacks on democracy. As well, internal pressures and contradictions--wealth disparity chief among them--feed the populists who spout platitudes to abandoned workers without actually offering them ways to catch up. Adding to the pressures building on the political norms of our democracies, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a kind of economic and social stand-still for which no country is prepared.