Are the Bad Guys REALLY Winning?

New Thinking for a New World · Jan 20, 2022 · 31m

What does historian and journalist Anne Applebaum mean by “the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse”?

Whether we like it or not, global politics today is defined by confrontation—which could lead to conflict—between autocracies and democracies. However, unlike the great geopolitical divisions of the past, the new dividing lines are not ideological or ethnic or religious or economic. Rather, the two camps are defined by how their leaders come to and maintain themselves in power. The autocracies seem to have figured out they have much in common, including fear of democracy, and…