He is a liberal on the run, never stopping for long enough in one place to be pinned down, but soaring instead into the higher platitudes.
The “modernisers” think that people with clear principles are cranks. In five years, they may find themselves queuing for food at their local Red Star state supermarket.
“The success of global trading is key, not only to our own future prosperity but in liberating the millions of human beings who still live in the scandal of global poverty.”
Ukraine, Iraq, Syria…Fukuyama’s faith in the inevitable triumph of freedom is looking shaky. How should we respond?
It should remain a long-term aim but ensuring that we can generate the energy we need without a reliance on overseas sources should come first.