With Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Pauline Hanson all setting new agendas in their countries with different sorts of electoral triumphs, the state of modern democracy is getting plenty of attention.
But amid all the Republican showmanship this week, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the centre of democratic activity is shifting in the world just like the centre of economic activity.
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Greg Earl is an editor and writer. He was the AFR deputy editor, opinion editor, Asia-Pacific editor and a correspondent in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. Connect with Greg on Twitter.