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Michael McFaul on the Threat of Autocracy at Home and Abroad

Michael McFaul on the Threat of Autocracy at Home and Abroad

Update: 2025-11-12
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Michael McFaul witnessed Russia’s slide into autocracy under Vladimir Putin. Now, the former ambassador to Russia warns the U.S. is also at risk. In his new book, “Autocrats vs Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder,” McFaul lays out the internal threats facing American democracy, and argues that we may have misjudged the external threats as well – overestimating China’s strength while underestimating Russia’s.




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Michael McFaul, professor of political science; Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University - and former U.S. ambassador to Russia

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Michael McFaul on the Threat of Autocracy at Home and Abroad

Michael McFaul on the Threat of Autocracy at Home and Abroad

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