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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism and Its Discontents Show editorially warning
Description: When noted political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted the "end of history," it seemed that the Western form of traditional classical liberalism and democracy—rule of law, equal treatment, individualism, and political freedom—was on the march in countries around the world, and that a new political order would be established around the globe. However, as the Russian attack on Ukraine shows, the battle between autocracy and classic liberalism will continue to shape global relations in the present and the future, and as history it will tell the story of this complicated period in world history.In his latest book Liberalism and I...