Opinion by Fareed Zakaria: Putin’s war reminds us why liberal democracy is worth defending
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Far from Europe, what is at the crux of the problem between China and Taiwan? It is the fact that the Taiwanese people want to live inand they fear that their way of life would be snuffed out by a communist dictatorship. I don’t want to minimize the troubles that democracy and liberalism face. Almost 25 years ago I noted with alarm the rise of” and spotlighted in particular the nasty turn that Russia was taking. I have seen the erosion of liberal democratic values that I hold dear in the country of my birth, India, and the country in which I am a proud immigrant, the United States.
." The people of Ukraine are showing us that those values — of an open society and a free world — can be worth fighting for and even dying for.Russia invades Ukraine: What you need to know
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