FUKUYAMA: Russian defeat will lead to a "new birth of freedom" around the globe

In the summer of 1989 -- as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union crumbled -- American political scientist Francis Fukuyama triumphantly declared that the war of ideas had ended, and that Western liberal democracy had ultimately prevailed.

It was, in his words, the end of history.

Although war is once again raging in Europe and tensions between Russia and the West are higher than they’ve been since the darkest days of the Cold War, Fukuyama believes that an inevitable Russian defeat will lead to a “new birth of freedom.”

In the latest issue of his American Purpose magazine, Fukuyama presents 12 predictions for the ongoing war in Ukraine. You can find them below:

1. Russia is heading for an outright defeat in Ukraine.
2. The collapse of their position could be sudden and catastrophic, rather than happening slowly through a war of attrition.
3. There is no diplomatic solution to the war possible prior to this happening.
4. The United Nations Security Council has proven once again to be useless.
5. The Biden administration’s decisions not to declare a no-fly zone or help transfer Polish MiGs were both good ones.
6. The only thing that will stop the slaughter is defeat of the Russian army on the ground.
7. Putin will not survive the defeat of his army.
8. The invasion has already done huge damage to populists all over the world.
9. The war to this point has been a good lesson for China.
10. Taiwan will wake up to the need to prepare to fight as the Ukrainians have done and restore conscription.
11. Turkish drones will become bestsellers.
12. “A Russian defeat will make possible a “new birth of freedom,” and get us out of our funk about the declining state of global democracy. The spirit of 1989 will live on, thanks to a bunch of brave Ukrainians.”

Read Fukuyama’s full article here.