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Garry Kasparov: Dictators and Democracies
Garry Kasparov: Dictators and Democracies
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this Conversation, released originally in 2018, former world chess champion and human rights activist Garry Kasparov shares his perspective on threats to Western democracies from dictators abroad and illiberal movements at home. Analyzing the geopolitical situation, Kasparov argues that the challenge to the West posed by dictators like Putin remains immense. Turning to Western societies themselves, Kasparov diagnoses a dangerous complacency about the effort required to sustain political liberty. Finally, Kristol and Kasparov discuss how America can recapture the will necessary to defend itself and its principles. Kasparov was extremely prescient at the time, and the insights he offers here are worth revisiting now in light of Putin's war on Ukraine.
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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