Policy Briefs: Larry Diamond On Promoting Liberty And Free Societies

No matter the source of illiberal ideas, the United States must act with purpose and self-confidence in promoting freedom and liberty. In modern day that means combating the notion that China’s model of authoritarian capitalism is superior to liberal open societies.

This video’s audio is excerpted from the 2019 Hoover Institution Centennial Lecture Series.

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Additional Resources

Read the report “Chinese Influence & American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance.” Available here:

Watch “Battleground of Perception: Countering Threats to Free and Open Societies” as Larry Diamond, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, H.R. McMaster, and Niall Ferguson discuss the nature of threats and the identities of freedom’s adversaries, their goals and strategies, and what can be done to defeat these threats across government, the private sector, academia, and civil society. Available here:

Read “China Gets Its Message to Americans But Doesn’t Want to Reciprocate,” by Larry Diamond and Orville Schell in the Wall Street Journal, available here:

Watch “China’s Influence & American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance” here:

Listen to “Jaw-Jaw: How Chinese Sharp Power Takes Aim at American Democracy” by Larry Diamond and Brad Carson. Available here:

In “PRC Is A Malign Actor Aiming to Weaken America.” Larry Diamond warns of Chinese influence operations in US, part 1 of 2. Available here:

In “PRC Is A Malign Actor Aiming to Weaken America.” Larry Diamond warns of Chinese influence operations in US, part 2 of 2. Available here:

In “China and The Global Challenge to Democracy: A Conversation with Larry Diamond,” Diamond discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s range of influence and interference activities that target the public, civic, and social institutions of democracies, including subnational governments, universities, think tanks, media, corporations, and ethnic Chinese communities. Available here:

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