Washington Post reporter Jada Yuan was mocked by critics for appearing maskless at the White House Correspondents' Dinner despite expressing fears about the spread of the coronavirus at the event.
This paper looks in depth at the democracy-security dilemma with a view to helping U.S. policymakers deal with it more systematically and effectively. Case studies of U.S. policy toward Egypt, India, and Turkey over the past twenty years highlight the complexity of the democracy-security dilemma.