Thank you for that question. That could be a Ph.D. dissertation, so let me try to give you a couple of reference points.
As I referenced in my testimony, I think one of the trends we are seeing is this spread between many aging leaders and a young population demanding...and seeing online, on social media, what freedom looks like, what democracy looks like, and what human rights look like and recognizing that they don't have those things where they are. The world has become much smaller through social media and the Internet, so as you have these aging leaders holding on to power more and more, either through judicial and legislative means or through outright coups d’état and the like, I think one factor is the social tensions that exist in the country.
I think there's also, more globally speaking, a rise of illiberalism. It's the influence and the power of alternative models that are being presented by Russia and by China to these countries. As we talk about African countries increasing their partnerships, wanting to increase their partnerships and not being dependent upon these kinds of donor relationships that have defined much of the post-independence period for them, they see in China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and all these new partnerships different political models that they can also use as reference points.
I think we're seeing a dilution of our influence.