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A Conversation on 'Autocrats vs. Democrats' with Ambassador McFaul and Lt. Col. Vindman

Oct 31. 1:30pm PT/4:30pm ET, on Substack Live!

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Oct 30, 2025
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Dear readers,

Join us live for a conversation between Ambassador Michael McFaul and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman on “Autocrats Vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder”.

Drawing upon their careers in national security and diplomacy, this conversation will cover the lessons for American foreign policy contained within McFaul’s recent book and how to navigate a more dangerous world shaped by autocracies under the second Trump administration.

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Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
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