PoliticsRubio calls for revival of the ‘Western spirit’; expert explains democratic values and US competition with China and Russia

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke in Athens on October 7, stressing Western civilization and democratic values. He urged Western allies to resist civilizational decline and unite amid a new round of great-power competition. Expert Yao-Yuan Yeh discussed the traits of the “Western spirit,” how the US views its role, and democracy’s place in its competition with China and Russia.

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