Having outlasted Merkel and Abe, Putin and Xi are up for a big 2022
What the story of the four titans of liberalism and autocracy tell us about the coming year
Happy New Year to all Policy People,
Merkel and Abe, Putin and Xi. These four people have, respectively, bolstered and eroded the liberal world order more than anyone else in the last decade. In Nikkei’s Opinion section today, I reveal why this is and show that, with time is increasingly on autocracy’s side, liberalism is in desperate need of new champions.
You can read the piece here.
Good luck for the new year.
Keep well,
Liam