Ebook: Fight for liberty: defending democracy in the age of Trump

Anne Applebaum, Garry Kasparov, Richard North Patterson, and a constellation of other thinkers make the urgent case for liberal democracy'reinvigorating its central values in an age of doubt and discord. Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, besieged by authoritarianism, nationalism, and other illiberal forces. Far-right parties are gaining traction in Europe, Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Russia and undermines democracy abroad, and America struggles with poisonous threats from the right and left. But the defenders of democracy are strong too. Taking their cues from the 1788 Federalist Papers, the Renew Democracy Initiative is a collective of pro-democracy advocates from across the political spectrum, including Anne Applebaum, Garry Kasparov, Max Boot, Bret Stephens, Ted Koppel, and Natan Sharansky. This book is their foundational document, a collection of essays that analyze the multi-pronged threats to liberal democracy in the U.S. and abroad, and offer solutions based on fundamental democratic principles such as freedom of speech, a free press, and the rule of law. Fight for Liberty is a roadmap for the struggle against the rising tide of extremism and a cri de coeur in defense of the liberal world order, which sees itself threatened as never before today.;The need for truth / Roger Scruton -- Values without borders / Elizabeth Cobbs -- At the heart of freedom : economic liberty / Deirdre McCloskey -- Civics and civility / Michael Signer -- In praise of globalization / Jagdish Bhagwati -- The centrality of dissent / Natan Sharansky with Rachel Friedman -- Freedom falters as the anti-democratic contagion spreads / Garry Kasparov -- Putin and his orchestrated-chaos machine / Anne Applebaum -- The digital assault on democracy / Massimo Calabresi -- China and the rise of a statist great power / Minxin Pei -- The Islamist extremism challenge / Joseph Lieberman and Vance Serchuk -- Failed states, metastasizing / Robert D. Kaplan -- Apocalypse in a nuclear warhead / William J. Perry -- The anti-press crusade goes global / Mark Lasswell -- Political tribalism / John Avlon -- The weakness in democracy's strength : complacency / Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg -- Illiberals of the world, unite! / James Kirchick -- What the world needs now : U.S. leadership / Max Boot -- In defense of free trade / Richard Hurowitz -- Immigration for the 21st century / Linda Chavez -- The courts as bulwarks against tyranny / Michael C. Dorf -- Robust speech, robust democracy / Nancy Gertner -- Reform for Islam / Maajid Nawaz -- The free market remains essential / Tyler Cowen -- Facts and the free press / Ted Koppel -- World order and the American constitutional order / Philip Bobbitt -- Revitalizing the freedom of religion / Jonathan Sacks -- International linchpins of stability / Jose Maria Aznar -- The university's covenant with liberal democracy / Ronald Daniels -- All the difference in the world : the qualities of leadership / Richard North Patterson -- Interests vs. values / Bret Stephens -- Renew democracy manifesto.