Book review: Intelligent governance for the 21st century

For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self–evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself. In Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century, Nicholas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels critically compare the West’s liberal democracy and the East’s meritocracy. Can we learn from both? Dennis Shen believes the book is a great read and an important critique of modern times.