List of Liberalism articles
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Olaf Scholz waits for the start of a TV interview ahead of the upcoming 2021 federal elections in Berlin on August 15, 2021. Welcome to the West’s Olaf Scholz Era
Germany’s chancellor represents—for better or worse—the future of progressive politics.
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Timothy Garton Ash stares directly at the camera, his mouth slightly open. He is older than in the previous photos, hair and beard now entirely gray, and he wears a burgundy scarf with a dark gray blazer. Timothy Garton Ash Misunderstands Liberalism
The British writer aimed to be the liberal intellectual of his generation—and ended up a victim of his own repressed dogmas.
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U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden pauses while speaking at the SEIU Unions for All Summit in Los Angeles. Cluster Bombs and the Contradictions of Liberalism
Do liberals really believe what they say about their foreign-policy ideals?
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A close-up photo of Netanyahu and Putin standing face to face and smiling at each other. The Deeper Reason Netanyahu Won’t Arm Ukraine Against Russia
Jerusalem’s ties to Moscow are partly about security. They’re also about illiberalism.
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Vladimir Putin addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015 in New York City. The U.N. (as We Know It) Won’t Survive Russia’s War in Ukraine
The institutions designed to secure global order clearly aren't up to the task. What will take their place?
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The full moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on May 18, 2019. Liberalism Isn’t Dead—but It’s Very Sick
In two new books, Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama try to cure the patient.
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A statue of Mao Zedong Ideological Competition With China Is Inevitable—Like It or Not
Beijing recognizes promoting human rights and democracy is an ideological challenge. So should Washington.
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israel religious secular idf protest How Liberals Lost in Israel
The decline of Israeli democracy holds lessons for the United States.
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A young Uighur activist holds up a poster during a demonstration outside the Foreign Office in Berlin before talks between the Chinese and German foreign ministers on Sept. 1. Why the Persecution of Muslims Should Be on Biden’s Agenda
The incoming U.S. president must hold China and other countries accountable for religious persecution—and counter Beijing’s global campaign to destroy human rights.
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Why Liberal Internationalism Is Still Indispensable—and Fixable
G. John Ikenberry’s new book traces what went wrong. And Biden is listening.
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Russian matryoshka dolls depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on sale at in Moscow on July 13, 2018. America Must Promote Democracy, Despite Trump’s Disdain for It
Even if 2020 marks a low point of U.S. democratic practice, supporting liberalism abroad must remain a vital element of U.S. foreign policy.
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Indian author Pankaj Mishra in 2006. You Can Only See Liberalism From the Bottom
Why Pankaj Mishra sees the ideology’s limits more clearly than its most powerful fans.
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Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden greet supporters at a rally on Oct. 12, 2008 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Biden Is Getting Ready to Bury Neoliberalism
The potential next Democratic administration is preparing to upend decades of dogma on globalization.
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Anne Applebaum in Udine, Italy, on Jan. 26, 2019. The Tragic Romance of the Nostalgic Western Liberal
Anne Applebaum wants to understand rising illiberalism but is clinging to a Cold War moral framework that no longer applies.
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A tattered American flag blows in the winds of Hurricane Dennis in Mobile, Alabama, on July 10, 2005. The Anti-American Century
The old U.S.-led order has crumbled. What will replace it may be just what the world—and the United States—needs.
