CDE Conversations | Prof Francis Fukuyama on War in Europe and its Implications

Professor Fukuyama was in conversation with Ann Bernstein, CDE’s executive director. The conversation focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global implications of this war.

Francis Fukuyama is one of the world’s most prominent public intellectuals. He is Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies and a faculty member (former director) of the Institute’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

This webinar aired 26 May 2022

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:25 Francis Fukuyama unpacks his relationship with Ukraine and its leaders.
05:27 What is the war between Russia and Ukraine really about?
12:50 Could Ukraine defeat Russia?
18:18 Should Putin be taken seriously for threatening to use chemical and nuclear weapons?
21:05 How should the US and the West respond in case of a nuclear strike?
22:46 The war, Putin and defeat.
26:13 Russia’s view that the West is in decline?
30:45 Francis Fukuyama shares his view on Germany’s change in policy especially around supplying arms to Ukraine.
32:17 How has the US responded?
36:55 Francis Fukuyama tells us why the invasion by Russia has already done huge damage to the world autocrats and right – wing populists.
41:18 Could China invade Taiwan? And draw lessons from Russia?
47:19 Did NATO, USA and Ukraine provoke Russia into this war?
49:31 Why does the world care much about this war in Europe than other wars around the world?
52:40 The Russian invasion shows the uselessness of the United Nations Security Council? How does Fukuyama feel about some democracies in the United Nations not taking a stronger stance against Russia?
56:21 Francis tells us about his new book titled “liberalism and its discontents’’.

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