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Oct 28, 2025 22 min

The Global Showdown Between Autocrats vs. Democrats

from World Class Hosted by Jim Goldgeier, Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul the director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2016, and has spent much of his academic career researching political change, great power competition, and American policy toward Russia. His new book is Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder, which is available for purchase from major booksellers. If you like what you hear, you can get additional content from scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies by following us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, and by subscribing to our newsletters and updates.

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Michael McFaul moves out of the host seat to let Professor Jim Goldgeier interview him about his new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, which traces the evolution of great power competition between China, Russia, and the United States, and offers strategies for how America can remain competitive in a new era of geopolitics.

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