How anti-liberalism went global

There's an international battle for national sovereignty going on

President Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Viktor Orban.
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Anti-liberalism has gone global — and that's more than a little paradoxical.

But the paradox is our reality now, so we have to face it.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.