Freedom under threat in contemporary world

Until a few years ago, freedom was taken for granted in all Western countries. Overall, after the end of the Cold war, Francis Fukuyama said that history was over: freedom had won on communism, the West had won against any other alternative political and economic model. Unfortunately, he was wrong: freedom is under threat again. The first threat comes from Islamic radicalism and terrorism. The second threat arrives from Russia and China, trying to impose their power over small free countries (Ukraine and Taiwan, overall). But two more threats arrive directly from inside the West: political correctness is the biggest threat to freedom of expression, and Covid restrictions have been the largest limitation of civil rights in western countries since the end of World War 2. I will try to analyse shortly these four critical situations.

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LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium interdyscyplinarne wolności religijnej
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2025-09-26
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https://doi.org/10.21697/lr.12430
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Freedom under threat in contemporary world

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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Freedom under threat in contemporary world

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Abstract

Until a few years ago, freedom was taken for granted in all Western countries. Overall, after the end of the Cold war, Francis Fukuyama said that history was over: freedom had won on communism, the West had won against any other alternative political and economic model. Unfortunately, he was wrong: freedom is under threat again. The first threat comes from Islamic radicalism and terrorism. The second threat arrives from Russia and China, trying to impose their power over small free countries (Ukraine and Taiwan, overall). But two more threats arrive directly from inside the West: political correctness is the biggest threat to freedom of expression, and Covid restrictions have been the largest limitation of civil rights in western countries since the end of World War 2. I will try to analyse shortly these four critical situations.

LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium interdyscyplinarne wolności religijnejVol. 2
University of Bologna (IT)
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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