“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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From Butte, Montana, to Spaso House, the residence of the Ambassador of the United States to Russia, Ambassador Michael McFall on Uncommon Knowledge Now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson. A native of Montana, Michael McFall is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogley Institute for International Studies, and a professor of international studies all here at Stanford. He served on the National Security Council during the first three years of the Obama administration and then as ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.
Professor McFall's most recent book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, China, Russia, America, and the new global disorder. Mike, welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. Thanks for having me.
From Autocrats versus Democrats. While American power has declined in relative terms since its peak in the 1990s, the U.S. remains the most powerful country in the world. It is likely to maintain that position. for this foreseeable future.
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