Francis Fukuyama: ‘Spirit of 1989 is still around’
17 November 2019 |
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Despite rising populism and nationalism worldwide, historian Francis Fukuyama told DW there is hope for liberal democracy. Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, "this desire for life in a freer society still exists."
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