James L. Tyson

In the following viewpoint, James L. Tyson asserts that developing nations will have greater success at establishing lasting democracies if they adopt Switzerland’s democratic model—a confederation of states. Tyson maintains that the confederation model—which gives more power to the cantons (states) than to the federal government—is preferable to the Anglo-American structure for countries that lack a dominant religion or language. According to Tyson, if Third World nations adopted the Anglo-American model of national parties and a powerful chief executive, a single political party could gain too much power. Tyson is the president of the Council for the Defense of Freedom, which seeks to combat Communist aggression and protect national security.

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