The famous author of “The End of History and the Last Man” explains why it is vital for him to support Ukraine against Russian aggression.
By Francis Fukuyama* for Quillette** (translation by Peggy Sastre)
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VLadimir Putin therefore launched a massive military attack on Ukraine, with the declared objective of overthrowing the democratically elected government and replacing it with a servile regime in Moscow. Russian troops are pouring into the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
Ukraine is a country I know well. At the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, which I direct at Stanford, we have run a series of leadership training programs for Ukrainian activists and mid-career civil servants interested in reforming their country, where I visited several times as a teacher. Ukraine suffers from a high level of corruption, but I am convinced from personal experience…
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