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Liberalism’s Future: A Symposium, continued

Liberalism’s Future: A Symposium, continued

Following Monday’s set, five more responses to Francis Fukuyama’s take on the challenges to liberalism.

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Francis Fukuyama, “Liberalism and Its Discontents”

Higher Goals of Life
A liberalism that fails to come to terms with religion is destined to falter.
American PurposeJoseph E. Capizzi
A Demographic Mosaic
America’s hiccups with liberal democracy are nothing that can’t be resolved by doubling down on diversity.
American PurposeShikha Dalmia
The Tolerance Dilemma
The great question facing liberal societies today is how far tolerance should extend.
American PurposeShadi Hamid
Where Things Went Awry
The rise of illiberalism in the West flows directly from liberalism’s failures.
American PurposeJeet Heer
When Liberalism Grows Up
For all its flaws, liberalism still has a future—it just may look different from what we are used to.
American PurposeDhruva Jaishankar
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Liberalism’s Future: A Symposium

Liberalism’s Future: A Symposium

American Purpose continues the discussion Francis Fukuyama initiated in our pages on the “discontents” with liberalism on the left and the right. We publish five wide-ranging responses today, with five more to follow on Wednesday.

Francis Fukuyama, “Liberalism and Its Discontents”

Democracy’s Discontents
Though Fukuyama is focused on the threats to liberalism, January 6 shows that the real complaints are with democracy.
American PurposeIan Bassin
Individualism’s Staying Power
The essence of liberalism is the culture of individual expression, and it’s here to stay.
American PurposeRichard Thompson Ford
Religion, Freedom, and Prosperity
Universal values at the heart of Christianity underlie the political and economic freedoms inherent in classical liberalism.
American PurposeRachel M. McCleary
The Left’s Due—and Responsibility
The Left’s version of liberalism is essential to save the tradition from the corrosive effects of unfettered capitalism.
American PurposeSamuel Moyn
The Centrality of Technology
Since technology explains liberalism’s rise in the past, it must also be at the heart of its defense today.
American PurposeAaron Sibarium
China: A Symposium, continued

China: A Symposium, continued

Following Monday’s contributions, three more takes on the strategic challenge posed to the United States, with an eye to a Policy Planning report on the issue.

The Elements of the China Challenge, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State

China: A Symposium, Part I

Peter Berkowitz replies to symposium contributors

A Strategy to Contest Beijing
The United States should craft a strategy aimed at altering the calculus of Beijing’s decision-makers.
American PurposeThomas G. Mahnken
A View from Europe
Across issues from human rights to Covid to Ukraine, EU-China relations are only getting frostier.
American PurposeTheresa Fallon
Exporting the China Model
China has plenty of options when it comes to selecting elements of its political and economic model that will appeal.
American PurposeRichard McGregor

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